From Software to Soup: On Trading Coding for Crepes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Sunday August 11, 2002 @12:33PM from the people-love-soup dept.

Legal Serf writes "Having lived through the best of eTimes and the worst (hopefully) of times, I bet everyone (still employed) has had daydreams of chucking it all and escaping the present malaise permeating most tech companies. The NY Times ('open' but not 'free' registration) has a piece about ex-dotcomers who've traded visions of iBuzzwords for soup, crepes and hotdogs. What?s most interesting is that everyone interviewed pretty much said the same thing: It's nice to provide something of real value to customers who are actually happy to trade money for goods, even if it's just dessert. Anyone out there feeling the same? (About the value of tech or the temptations of other trades?) (I keep thinking about these tech friends I have that fantasize about opening a hip babershop...)"

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Re:Hip barbershop? by jeepthang · 2002-08-11 12:41 · Score: 5, Funny

I think he misspelled "Babar Shop"... So I assume he meant a hip store that sells cartoon Elephant memorabilia.

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Re:Hip barbershop? by sean23007 · 2002-08-11 14:53 · Score: 5, Funny

I'll probably be getting a shave from him before my best friend's wedding.

My Best Friend's Wedding? I saw that movie, and I really don't think it's necessary to be professionally shaved beforehand. I mean, it's just a movie.

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