Re:DHH: Are you sure you want to be in San Francisco?
by dhh on Wednesday April 23, 2008 @10:42AM
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Why do I have to go out and do another startup? I don't work at a startup, I work at a company.
I think this mentality is a big part of what's wrong with the startup culture in the Bay area. This notion that it's inevitable that you have to work for a long string of companies, better not get too attached to any one of them.
Jason and I intend to make 37signals a company that'll last for 20 years. Maybe we won't succeed, lots of businesses fail, but that's at least our goal.
It's a sad state of affair where such a simple goal is looked upon with suspicion and disbelief.
I think this mentality is a big part of what's wrong with the startup culture in the Bay area. This notion that it's inevitable that you have to work for a long string of companies, better not get too attached to any one of them.
Jason and I intend to make 37signals a company that'll last for 20 years. Maybe we won't succeed, lots of businesses fail, but that's at least our goal.
It's a sad state of affair where such a simple goal is looked upon with suspicion and disbelief.