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   Losers?

   

   dorpus, Dec 9th, 2002 @ 3:08am

   
   

   They've proven their ability to fail, so they're getting back together again? Before the .com boom, it seemed that every startup was founded by a bunch of guys who were laid off from a better company. Their big thing was that they are not _____ (insert former company here), but then get completely freaked when they hire a non-____ person who exposes what incompetents they are.
   
   

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   COD, Dec 9th, 2002 @ 6:53am

   
   

   This always amazes me. It seems failure is a sure fire ticket to a better job in the tech indutry. Maybe I should stop being so damn successful, I think its hurting my career ;)

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   no, learning by doing

   

   lorenzo, Dec 9th, 2002 @ 6:58am

   
   

   if you don t try you don t get to know
   
   hence if you ve tried and failed you stand a better chance not to fail again
   
   of course after 4 or 5 straight failures i d suggest to give up, but generally start-agains don t seem to me such a crazy idea
   
   even failures can build value. Failures occur when assets are worth less than liabilities, but there might be hidden value in personal experiences and knowledge, especially in such a downturn where intsngible assets are not valued at all

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   Re: No Subject Given

   

   thecaptain, Dec 9th, 2002 @ 7:00am

   
   

   Success does tend to backfire a LOT for tech staff...I remember not being able to get out of a tech support position because I was always told that I was "much too valuable where you are"...
   
   Thank god I left and got a better job...tho its showing signs of the same kind of crap here too now...
   
   

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   geez

   

   Dr_Stein, Dec 9th, 2002 @ 1:44pm

   
   

   maybe *these people* did not fail, but their companies did. Perhaps the CEO of their old company made $$$ while theyu got laid off. Isn't there another story on techdirt about such a thing happening?

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   Fighting

   

   Phibian, Dec 9th, 2002 @ 3:21pm

   
   

   "Have a group of people who are familiar with one another and bring in some outsiders to shake them up -- if they're fighting a lot that's a good sign."
   
   Yikes! I sure wouldn't want to work in an environment like that... It's my experience that if there is a lot of fighting going on, the office politics get so involved that most of your time is spent "politicking" and not actually doing work.

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