It is odd that Kessler seems to think no one will be interested in Yegge's thoughts. She writes:
"Yegge seems to be writing because he believes people will find his career move interesting."
the response:
Obviously some of us will find his essay interesting. Many of us were fascinated when we read his previous criticism of Amazon, where he worked for 6 years. Within the tech world, I believe his essay continues to be the most influential in terms of how we think about the relationship between Jeff Bezo’s and the computer programmers who work for Bezo. His discussion of Amazon’s early commitment to SOA (Service Oriented Architecture), and therefore well-defined interfaces, is fascinating, if you are into tech at all. When my mom asks me why Amazon seems to be beating all of its competitors, I try to summarize Yegge’s essay in a way that my mom can understand. Because I think Yegge’s explanation is one of the best one’s that we, the public, have available to us.
To be honest? I found Yegge's leaving-Google post to be one of his most underwhelming to date. Even if you don't agree, it's a bloody blog post on the internet. It's not calling people out. It's not advancing a cause. It's someone talking about changing jobs; it could as well be a personal journal entry.
Spending as much time on it as Kessler did seems like a waste of time. Spending as much time as Krubner did on a rebuttal to Kessler seems doubly so. It's the height of making mountains of molehills.
It reminds me of what Auberon Waugh [0] called the “chattering class”. Much ado about little, and a certain class feels an obligation to weigh in regardless.
I agree about Kessler. Why would she write an essay about Yegge? Slow news day? Writers block? Who cares about Yegge's blog post? How did she even find it? Still, QZ has a big audience. QZ is popular in Silicon Valley. I feel like once something is up on QZ, people are going to respond to it.
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[ 4.3 ms ] story [ 21.4 ms ] thread"Yegge seems to be writing because he believes people will find his career move interesting."
the response:
Obviously some of us will find his essay interesting. Many of us were fascinated when we read his previous criticism of Amazon, where he worked for 6 years. Within the tech world, I believe his essay continues to be the most influential in terms of how we think about the relationship between Jeff Bezo’s and the computer programmers who work for Bezo. His discussion of Amazon’s early commitment to SOA (Service Oriented Architecture), and therefore well-defined interfaces, is fascinating, if you are into tech at all. When my mom asks me why Amazon seems to be beating all of its competitors, I try to summarize Yegge’s essay in a way that my mom can understand. Because I think Yegge’s explanation is one of the best one’s that we, the public, have available to us.
Spending as much time on it as Kessler did seems like a waste of time. Spending as much time as Krubner did on a rebuttal to Kessler seems doubly so. It's the height of making mountains of molehills.
[0] http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/26/1075087954617.html
Stopped reading right there.