JWZ (or jwz, as he usually spells it) is Jamie W. Zawinski, a self-described winner of "the Netscape Startup Lottery" and semi-legendary engineer. In his blog entry
"Watch a VC use my name to sell a con", jwz takes Michael Arrington to task for
... trying to make the point that the only path to success in the software industry is to work insane hours, sleep under your desk, and give up your one and only youth, and if you don't do that, you're a pussy. He's using my words to try and back up that thesis.
Read the blog entry to find out the eminently more sensible advice jwz has for young developers today. Along the way he explains why venture capitalists like Arrington want you to believe that working insane hours is the path to success.
When a VC tells you what's good for you, check your wallet, then count your fingers.
(Link courtesy of
Hacker News.)
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