"If I wanted to invest in an app developer, I'd put Nick D'Aloisio through etiquette school, manners class, drill him with social skills and most importantly, teach him the basics of how e-mails work (or maybe just strip him of e-mail rights altogether) and then I'd let him work."
Why was this posted to HN? He's been getting some attention because he was hired by Yahoo, so better remind everyone that he was immature and annoying when he was 15! Can we really blame him? Who wasn't immature when they were 15. He'll grow up, we don't need to bring up someone's every flaw every time they achieve success.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 32.9 ms ] thread"If I wanted to invest in an app developer, I'd put Nick D'Aloisio through etiquette school, manners class, drill him with social skills and most importantly, teach him the basics of how e-mails work (or maybe just strip him of e-mail rights altogether) and then I'd let him work."