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Re:Instagram’s Co-Founders Said to Step Down from Company by confiscate on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @01:58AM (#18063945)
Ya I agree, but on the other hand, it's possible that if you had been there instead of someone else, you would have made better choices leading to 10x traction and made Instagram 10x what it is today

I mean, what signals lead you to believe one scenario is more likely than the other?

It didn't sound like he was a weak employee in any way--if anything, he sounded like a strong employee because the founder of Instagram wanted to create a full-time role just to keep him, despite not having much money for the startup back then. I would assume the founder of Instagram is a better judge than I am, of who is good to hire.

It's possible that Instagram would have been more successful if he was there to support it back then.

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Re:Instagram’s Co-Founders Said to Step Down from Company by newman8r on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @08:38AM (#18065788)
I could boil it down to a thought experiment: If you could trade being alive and healthy today, for hitting it rich 10 years ago but you have no idea if you'd still be alive/healthy/happy today - would you do it?
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Re:Instagram’s Co-Founders Said to Step Down from Company by Apocryphon on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @02:58AM (#18064188)
Actually I think the point is that the universe is vastly complex and due to chaos theory and the butterfly effect all sorts of alternate outcomes may have resulted
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Re:Instagram’s Co-Founders Said to Step Down from Company by confiscate on Tuesday September 25, 2018 @03:10AM (#18064223)
Yes I agree. That's my point as well.
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