Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog

Re:Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog by meddlepal on Thursday September 19, 2019 @12:19AM (#21013256)

I'm not a millionaire but I play golf and belong to a prestigious country club (US Open and Ryder Cup host) with plenty of millionaires in the membership list. Sitting at the bar over the years and chatting with these folks that don't need to work a lot of them do work for a handful of reasons:

1. They're bored and want some challenge.

2. They can't stand being near their wife, husband or kids.

3. They like making money.

4. They're genuinely passionate about whatever niche topic they picked to focus on.

You can only use your toys so much before they get boring.

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Re:Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday September 19, 2019 @10:27AM (#21016484)

The mind of a person who can't seem to find something to do outside of work just doesn't make sense to me. Work is the thing in my life that most gets in the way of me doing things.

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Re:Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday September 19, 2019 @11:27AM (#21017096)

> The mind of a person who can't seem to find something to do outside of work just doesn't make sense to me.

Why not? There are all sorts of extremely popular business and government simulation games, dating all the way back to Lemonade Stand on the Apple II to SimCity, to Railroad Tycoon, to Sid Meier's Civilization series. These guys are just doing it in real life.

The same applies for engineering and research jobs: why play Kerbal Space Simulator when you're capable of building something amazing in the real world?

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Re:Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday September 19, 2019 @12:45PM (#21017980)

I guess I'm of the mindset that if you'd still be doing it even if no one paid you then it isn't work.

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Re:Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog by winrid on Thursday September 19, 2019 @01:05AM (#21013444)

Responsibility gives meaning to your life too

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Re:Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog by meddlepal on Thursday September 19, 2019 @01:43AM (#21013613)

That depends on the individual.

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Re:Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog by winrid on Thursday September 19, 2019 @11:40AM (#21017229)

I'm not so sure. I have yet to meet someone that was really happy and didn't have any responsibility.

In fact all my friends who had depression or committed suicide didn't have any responsibility really. I didn't see this pattern for a while though.

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Re:Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog by Railsify on Thursday September 19, 2019 @12:45AM (#21013362)

I'm golfing Saturday, at a local public course.

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Re:Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog by meddlepal on Thursday September 19, 2019 @01:40AM (#21013594)

You anywhere near Boston?

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Re:Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog by Railsify on Thursday September 19, 2019 @08:17PM (#21022074)

No, further West. I'd like to visit Boston one day.

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Re:Cisco Is Said to Have Offered $7B-Plus for DataDog by modsiw on Thursday September 19, 2019 @11:52AM (#21017366)

“You can only use your toys so much before they get boring.”

This has yet to be proven. We need an experiment.

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