37 Signals that You’re Whack
Get the pun? :: groan ::
So the infamous 37 Signals has been posting up some not so interesting or useful blogposts lately. I mean, I understand how tough it is to live up to the hype that you’ve created for yourself through your blog… 37 Signals used to be THE place for cargo culters to get their cargo culting material. I fell for it a while back. I quite my cozy .Net job, got a Rails job and am now living happy…
But their last few posts have been no short of whack…
There was one where… and I quote:
“My problem with that: Quitting your job is easy. That, on its own, doesn’t deserve applause.” - Matt
Really? Yeah… ok… I’ll call bullshit on this. It can be easy to quit a job, but generalizing it (even for the context of leaving to start your own company) is not accurate. Whack
And now… their satirical post on Twitter (and other startup) valuations… I’m not a huge fan of Tech Crunch either, but today they posted a retort that is worth reading. It’s the classic case of how 37 Signals has taken their approach to business and have been spreading it around as the holy word. “Their way or we reserve the right to invalidate your method”… It’s the classic example of cargo culting. They built this entire army of followers, I know, I still have the tatoo… and then brain wash them into thinking that the only way to do things is their way.
Granted, the bickering going on is classic example of “My way is better”… which I applaud everyone for putting their opinions onto the table and questioning each other… I just think that the 37 Signals blog has been going downhill (as well as TC) and it’s about damn time someone starts posting some honest journalism around the startup space.
:: shrugs ::
I'm a Ruby developer that loves to play with science, math, and gadgets. Previously, I was part of a startup called drop.io, acquired by Facebook. I live in Fort Worth, TX with my wife, 2 dogs, and baby boy. I'm a foodie, a gamer, and a self proclaimed scientist.
