5 days of insanity in a social media startup

Great article, though it was quite painful to read. I'm glad going in I knew she only stayed 5 days.

I'm confused why people would take an unpaid, bring-your-own-computer internship as opposed to building something themselves. Especially if you've got some experience. If you can afford to not get paid for a while, you might aswell have the pleasure of working on your own idea.

Even with zero coding skills you can put something decent together in 2 months - that's at least portfolio worthy. You even save on Subway fare!

I guess it's meant to be about working in a well managed team and learning from experienced people & maybe hopping onboard to something big. All things that this startup was lacking in.

As a collective, those interns could work together and launch something better, faster than 'Bob' will.

What's he chasing more investment for anyway? If he can't get something together on $500k (beyond social media fluff) then what's it going to take? It's the opposite of lean. The full-fat wasteful startup.

If you're considering skipping this because of its length, I would reconsider. It's entertaining in a unique way and well written as well. The only downside is that there's no way to identify the company (or the author) and now I really want to know.

"I’ve worked in the internet industry for almost 10 years... After almost 6 months of startup job fairs, Silicon Alley newsletters, digital DUMBO drinks and 2-3 applications per week I had yet to receive a single invitation to an interview."

Can any NYC tech people comment on why that might be the case? She mentions something vague about her experience being UX and it sounds like she doesn't design or do programming. Is her skill set too nebulous to get her an interview?

Was a fun read. Especially since I've experienced every aspect of this story (but never in one place!)

I'd kill to know the true name of the company... must see how they are going to murder Facebook, or at least get a peek at this infamous "Bob Dylan tweet"

I've yet to read the whole story but I see how entertaining the narration is. If you compiled several such stories into a book…

Here's their website: http://www.doyouremember.com/

Very funny article. I've met some clueless "entrepreneurs" during the years but Bob really tops them all.

Unbelievable. Unnnnbelievable.

Shame on the author for not saying something to the younger workers. Yes, it is exploitation. How could it not be?