Comments on: Trying to think up seven things is easy… http://www.owenbyrne.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-think-up-seven-things-is-easy/ By Owen Byrne Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:19:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Training http://www.owenbyrne.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-think-up-seven-things-is-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-438 Training Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:49:49 +0000 http://www.owenbyrne.com/?p=467#comment-438 [...] 2 day long sessions about providing feedback to employees, something the laughable (and anonymous) comment here reminded me of. Just for the record, there was never any attempt made in providing feedback to [...] [...] 2 day long sessions about providing feedback to employees, something the laughable (and anonymous) comment here reminded me of. Just for the record, there was never any attempt made in providing feedback to [...]

]]> By: Owen http://www.owenbyrne.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-think-up-seven-things-is-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Owen Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:31:59 +0000 http://www.owenbyrne.com/?p=467#comment-432 Thanks for actually joining in the discussion, something that its been difficult to get others to do, but whoever "notforpublishing@anonymous.com" is, I doubt you were there. There is some truth to what you say, but I've generally been open to discuss the ambiguities of the early days of digg in an honest, forthright and truthful way, something neither Kevin or Jay have been willing to do (and in my opinion they have consistently made an effort to misrepresent things to the press). If you care to actually use a real name, I'd discuss it further. Just to correct some of the misunderstandings in your comment, my equity share was larger than 5%, and I certainly didn't get frustrated at more senior developers rewriting my code, in fact I tried to be open and fair and help out; As a holder of significant equity, my main goal was to move the company forward in any way I could. I only got frustrated when it became clear that my equity was being treated differently by management from equity of the exact same class of shares. To quote my lawyer, "what they did wasn't illegal, but it certainly was unethical." Thanks for actually joining in the discussion, something that its been difficult to get others to do, but whoever “notforpublishing@anonymous.com” is, I doubt you were there. There is some truth to what you say, but I’ve generally been open to discuss the ambiguities of the early days of digg in an honest, forthright and truthful way, something neither Kevin or Jay have been willing to do (and in my opinion they have consistently made an effort to misrepresent things to the press). If you care to actually use a real name, I’d discuss it further. Just to correct some of the misunderstandings in your comment, my equity share was larger than 5%, and I certainly didn’t get frustrated at more senior developers rewriting my code, in fact I tried to be open and fair and help out; As a holder of significant equity, my main goal was to move the company forward in any way I could. I only got frustrated when it became clear that my equity was being treated differently by management from equity of the exact same class of shares. To quote my lawyer, “what they did wasn’t illegal, but it certainly was unethical.”

]]> By: Unknown user http://www.owenbyrne.com/2009/01/05/trying-to-think-up-seven-things-is-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Unknown user Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:57:35 +0000 http://www.owenbyrne.com/?p=467#comment-431 I do believe you are misrepresenting yourself on your blog, Owen. You should really be honest with yourself and tell everyone the truth about your stay at Digg. Kevin hired you as a freelancer to write the code for the site, later hiring you full-time and offering you equity (<5 percent). You became frustrated with your coding being rewritten by other (more senior) developers and later left the company. Since your departure all of your code has been retired and rewritten. I'm not sure why you choose to alter the truth, but you should speak with a professional about these internal issues. We liked you, but you spreading false information is getting around the valley, and just makes you look foolish. I do believe you are misrepresenting yourself on your blog, Owen. You should really be honest with yourself and tell everyone the truth about your stay at Digg. Kevin hired you as a freelancer to write the code for the site, later hiring you full-time and offering you equity (<5 percent). You became frustrated with your coding being rewritten by other (more senior) developers and later left the company. Since your departure all of your code has been retired and rewritten.

I’m not sure why you choose to alter the truth, but you should speak with a professional about these internal issues. We liked you, but you spreading false information is getting around the valley, and just makes you look foolish.

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