xpost original point was that I don't really think getting $10k in help/investment from family to start a business in and of itself makes you some kind of spoiled non-success success story (completely outside the context of that article, which I couldn't even read), especially since that sort of thing actually does happen among families of modest means.
― happiness is the new productivity (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
10 grand ain't the end of the world. but the dude also got an investment from a local businessperson. that might have been, like, a hundred grand or more for all we know.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:42 (twelve years ago) link
that's reading a lot into the original post, though - I just said that inspirational stories that start with money from mom and dad are lolsy. But I think you're pretty wrong about middle-class families having $10k in liquid assets to give kids, anyway.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:43 (twelve years ago) link
xxxp - also, long-term employees expect to be treated and compensated well. Employers are not fond of those qualities.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:44 (twelve years ago) link
well yeah that too. its cheaper to cut people loose and get fresh meat every couple of years.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:47 (twelve years ago) link
there's nothing wrong w/ taking 10k from your family, and it seems like he made pretty admirable use of it regardless. the prob is in the article creating a narrative of career-changing that ties it to success stories who quit their job on a whim to go apprentice in argentina and not...people who were fired. (the last case study is prob the one most relevant to americans today...)
xp
― iatee, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
yeah they picked the genius 1% example. not typical by any means. makes for s better story.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 00:51 (twelve years ago) link
the author seems to be 'on the right side' of the issues, so who knows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anya_Kamenetz
but 'some people work for goldman sachs and *then* they work for google, what a crazy economy' is like "..."
― iatee, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
fast company is for people with money. or people who want money. its for a certain kind of person. let's put it that way.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 01:13 (twelve years ago) link
they try to make tech sexy. and tech money sexy. look at their front page!
http://www.fastcompany.com/files/imagecache/listing_image_rotator/files/610-super-bowl-halftime-beacon-radio-twitter.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
Web Geek On Wire Goes Wild With Milf!
― scott seward, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 01:16 (twelve years ago) link
carrot top's hair looks less orange than usual
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 01:17 (twelve years ago) link
Guys, I read some Fast Company articles I quite liked a few months ago and like their design blog (maybe I should put quotes around "design") so I got a cheapass subscription and now I'm having second thoughts
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
are you... agonizing over it?
― ⚓ (gr8080), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 05:54 (twelve years ago) link
Ooh, good question
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 12:43 (twelve years ago) link
also not nyt but lol
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46297528/
― iatee, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 20:48 (twelve years ago) link
5. Be sexy.
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 20:50 (twelve years ago) link
*takes notes*
11. Be a lady in the street but a freak in the sheets.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
Wall Street men tend to like women who are attractive
― happiness is the new productivity (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
So, don't let him talk about work but know all about his work so you can talk about it, be sexy but not slutty, be conventionally pretty, don't talk too much, and don't be upset if your date is a total asshole.
Easy breezy!
Also the same as every list of dubious pointers abt how to catch a man.
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Samantha :
You forgot to mention that these type of women need to understand that they WILL be cheated upon, with just about everyone the can...just because they have money that they steal from the rest of us and have the time...trust me, I know many bankers in NYC who were partying or with other women while they were telling there wives/girlfirends they were at work, meeting ,etc...if they dont pick up the phone for hours is because they are CHEATING !!!!!!!!
― ELI OWNS YOUR HUSBAND (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
or they are the star of Breaking Bad.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
13. Bring cocaine. Lots of cocaine.
― valleys of your mind (mh), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agro8r4nyGQ
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
dateing douchecanoes in 10 easy steps
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:23 (twelve years ago) link
* dating
how does one clean a douchecanoe?
― little clouds of citrus spritz as i peel (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
you dont clean them, iirc. i think it's like cast iron frying pans, the dirt is part of the "charm"
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
Well-seasoned douchecanoe seeks quiet doormat with just the right amount of sluttiness for LTR
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
*to craigslist!*
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ extravagant gifts
"A solid gold shoehorn?! Oh, Wall Street man! You're the best!"
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
Who care if you're constantly at work or texting on your phone, I got a Tiffany key chain!
― A funnier, sunnier (Nicole), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:56 (twelve years ago) link
TBF, if you're already reading an article called "How to Date a Wall Street Man" isn't that kind of what you're going for?
― happiness is the new productivity (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
True.
― A funnier, sunnier (Nicole), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:00 (twelve years ago) link
+stock tips
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:01 (twelve years ago) link
I just want to eat at WD-40 all the time
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
You should try 50, it's even better ;)
― happiness is the new productivity (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
I gotta date a higher up wall street banker first though
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:11 (twelve years ago) link
u know what they say squeaky wheel gets the
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:12 (twelve years ago) link
fwiw I've never actually eaten in WD-50 or probably almost any other restaurant popular with Wall Street Men
― happiness is the new productivity (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
dayo I thought you said you wanted to eat WD-40 and I was all O_o
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
it's all I can afford, that's why I need to date a wall street man
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
protip coat yr mouth and throat w/wd-40 and any food will slide down easy w/o chewing
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
Samantha Daniels owns a bicoastal matchmaking service called Samantha's Table. She is ivy league educated and a former divorce attorney by trade. She is frequently relied upon dating, relationship and romance expert, and is seen regularly on television, in national newspapers and magazines and on radio. She has been a national spokesperson for a number of consumer brands including Crest, Oral B and Febreze. She was also the inspiration for and a producer on the NBC/Darren Star dramedy, Miss Match starring Alicia Silverstone, the show was based on her life story. She is the author of the book, Matchbook: The Diary of a Modern-Day Matchmaker (Simon & Schuster).
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tAYmMjLdY (dayo), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
...for which i hope she had a more vigilant copyeditor
― the "intenterface" (difficult listening hour), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
People who use "bicoastal" in that way are almost universally disgusting savages: y/n?
― happiness is the new productivity (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:38 (twelve years ago) link
im bi..::shy smile::costal::giggles flirtatiously::
― BJ O (Lamp), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
y
― carl agatha, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 23:00 (twelve years ago) link
― lag∞n, Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5:21 PM (44 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink_
. . . Yeah, "food" . . .
― You got to ro-o-oll me and call me the tumblr whites (Phil D.), Wednesday, 8 February 2012 23:07 (twelve years ago) link