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"It was over now. Two years of work and dreams replaced by a landing page."

Two years...that's it?

Developing tech products is an exercise in walking away. The vast majority of code written is a total https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_mandala no longer in regular use by anyone within a few years. It used to be said that most software projects were canceled due to overruns before completion.

"Even the t-shirts had been given away."

Serious question...what else was anyone going to do with them?

"8 IKEA desks = $1,200, 8 Aeron chairs (used) = $4,000"

I don't think I've ever written a line of code while sitting at a $150 desk in a $500 (used) chair.

"Nobody ever told him the hockey stick of user growth might look more like a baseball bat laying in an empty field."

B. S.

This piece is weird. I don't get it.



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