Interview with Lawyer turned Software CEO

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9 pointsNogwater2 comments

The thing that interests me is whether he’s committed himself to becoming a hacker too. That’s the connection (for me) that’s missing from the interview – how did he end up leading a software company? Did he have a hacker epiphany? And can you lead a team of hackers if you aren’t one yourself?

Sounds fancy, but what do you really do?

I run a software company. Most of the time, that means I’m the den mother for a bunch of people trying to accom.....

This dude is still a lawyer. If you have to explain what your company does in 8 sentences then something is not right. I would not feel comfortable buying a piece of software from a lawyer anyways. The guy can come back in x years and show me terms and conditions noone bothers to read and slap me with a 470k bill that I will either pay for or go to jail. "Pass me that orange suit".

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