Shorter Michael Arrington: “Hey, you kids! Get off my lawn!”
Sounds like he is feeling burnt-out and needs to get away from the endless parade of CEOs begging him to cover their startup. And if that’s how he’s feeling, he really does need to take a break, because I lived through the last downturn and would rather not repeat that experience. We’re still recovering from the financial hits we took then.
Oh, and in a side note, as a member of the marketing profession, it always grinds my gears to hear somebody get nostalgic for the days when:
There were a few dozen new startups, though, and the people who were involved with them were largely here because they loved what they did. No one had marketing departments or PR firms.
As if people who work in high-tech marketing or PR do not also love technology and what they do? *sigh*
Oh, come on, marketeers and hi-tech – have you ever met a marketeer that coded in ColdFusion or played MMO’s?
*ducks*
That’s some heavy-duty nostalgia in his post. But I guess that’s part of what blogs are for.
I read it at:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Or:
“We were poor, but happy.”
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