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This is OT, and no offense, but this post and your homepage make you sound like an exaggerated parody of a techie.

> I'm an engineer. I live in the Philadelphia area. I build things. I assemble teams. I scale products. I'm inspired by minimalism and order. I am a co-founder of my kids. I dig plaid, chucks, and loud music. I want to dent the universe.

I suddenly really want to re-watch the first season of Silicon Valley.

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How can you possibly say "no offense" and then proceed to make fun of somebody? Simply using that phrase doesn't make it any more ok.

Because I think he's trying to help him. No offense (i.e. just trying to help you by telling you that), you're coming off as strongly part of the bad cliche.

If it weren't for the spelling, i would assume bvanslyke was a British English speaker. In British English, "no offence" means "I am going to offend you now". It's generally felt to be the decent thing to do to warn people, you see.

http://www.bellenglish.com/EnglishBlog/2012-09-04/No-offence...

Author here. Thanks so much for your kind and encouraging words. Happy New Year!

The problem is thus: one should, when found to be in alignment with the mainstream, or in other words, part of a monoculture, ask themselves whether they have probed deeply enough into the question of how one should live a life, for true wisdom is rare by nature, and if one follows common wisdom, one is most likely in error.

I do not believe I am in error. I've run a diagnostic and all of my sub-systems are functioning correctly.

I appreciated the blog post, your about-us page, and this comment.

You should consider what he said though, because your description does read like delusions of grandeur.

Everyone in America is a temporarily embarrassed millionaire. Everyone in the startup world is a temporarily embarrassed Steve Jobs.

Not everyone. Generally those who are not temporarily embarrassed become the millionaires and Steve Jobs.

I would bet this is a successful strategy even with as tongue in cheek as it sounds.

Cheers. Look out for Season 2 in April!

I use my CV the same way as you. I enjoyed the post, but don't appreciate you sharing the technique with the rest of this lot. :-)

The Silicon Valley show exists because the stereotypes are true. Sure, they're annoying for some - but they're reality for others.

This is true. I watch that show and laugh my ass off because so much of it is true. I hope it never ends.

All we are is a copy of a copy.

All in all, we're just another brick in the wall.

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