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Pretty cool. Do you have any particular use-cases in mind? I could imagine it rolled into a bigger suite of social media management tools for brands. It could help them follow the people who follow them on other channels or something. Not sure about the consumer use-case, though.

My sentiments exactly!

lordCarbonFiber, that's a really good insight. My main point is that the most intense development of those soft skills happens when learning how to work with new people. After a couple years, if you haven't learned how to work with your colleagues, you probably never will.

strathmeyer, that's a good question. I've never heard of that practice...

steve371, it's definitely an opinion piece (by me). My goal is to share a synthesis of my experience, and also promote my startup, Tailspin.

jghn, that's a really good point! It's awesome that you've had the opportunity to keep evolving your role at your company.

Tailspin is a tech job marketplace, so you're right that it would benefit from churn in the market. The market has plenty of churn, though.

A totally valid concern, but I've been at 4 companies in the past 4 years and it hasn't given me any problems :)

pshyco, totally agree! It is content marketing, but it's also what I actually believe and based on my own personal experiences (I wrote it).

pseingatl, that's a really good point! First, I think ignorance plays into it, in that I did not realize that there really was a contract in effect. Second, trying to fight it felt like a waste of time (the upside was limited and the downside was large). Still, I think dealing with attorneys sounds daunting and expensive, so that probably also led to me avoiding it.

Haha, that's true. But I'd also need a lot of capital that I'm willing to risk... I'll check out sx though. Thanks.

That looks really cool. I'll have to read more about it. Thanks!

Thanks macguyver!

I think you bring up a really good point: people do take this type of thing very personally, and react quite negatively if the presentation does not fit their heuristic. I think your insight into presentation is really valuable and I'll definitely give that more focus.

I really appreciate your time and willingness to provide feedback!

Thanks for your insights, pedalpete!

It definitely appears to have rubbed people the wrong way. You're right that the name does not imply the "tag line" I had in there. I guess I went for something that would jar people a bit, but I didn't quite expect this response. I certainly didn't mean to offend anyone.

Anyway, appreciate your straightforward feedback and ideas. The reason I was thinking of couples instead of just any group of friends is because I think couples are more invested in each other's fitness and possibly more willing to actually pay some money for something that helped them keep themselves and their partners in shape. I was thinking that friends would be more likely only to use it if it were free. The main reason I think that there might be some people in relationships willing to pay is because I would pay that right now for a service that does exactly this.

I think you're right though, that there are tons of groups of friends and acquaintances who work out together, and that could expand the market significantly. Maybe some type of freemium model that appealed to friends but gave people in relationships or power users more for some money would work.

Thanks again!