[hiimtroymclure]

Well consider this my last post on this account but here ya go:

I was in marketing and learned to code. In 2019 I quit my job to launch a startup in the live entertainment industry. Things were going well until Covid hit. I had to shut things down and I was grateful to have left marketing and switching to development. But make no mistake I'd rather be running my business.

You tried to string together a post history and make assumptions to discredit my original comment. It was rude.

[NicoJuicy]

I've seen tons of people blaming it on other factors. And tons of people blaming everything on covid-19 as soon as it was possible since they are sick of lockdowns.

But I'm not sure what niche in frontend development as a founder is available for live entertainment outside of tickets. And yes, that niche would have been affected by covid-19. Almost more than anything else, coinsidence?

Most startups downscaled until after covid and if it was in video, transitioning to online video could have been a very viable means.

Even podia builders which are directly affected in every way ( i know 2) have temporarily transitioned.

What was the name of the startup? You're comments are still incoherent to me, even if I "sound" rude.

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In real life, i would have questioned more to see legitimacy ( it's still perfectly possible to be true) and you wouldn't have noticed it. I'm just using the tools available to my disposal.

And I'm still curious on what blocked a transition in that niche if it was in live entertainment as a dev. Since it couldn't been hibernated i would think of something capital intensive and that's why I'm asking the name to check further.

Claiming: this is my last post, just adds to me not believing you. Which is a shame.

Consider it more as curiosity in the specifics why it failed, than taking it personal.

> Well consider this my last post on this account

Why do you need multiple accounts? ;) More than in rl, online should be clear since it's easier to misinterpret something ( for better or worse)

[bmarquez]

> Post history and karma is part of a profile. It's in my right to see if the author has a proven history to make claims like that. Since: I don't know him. Do you?

> Claiming: this is my last post, just adds to me not believing you.

Please take this criticism in good faith (since I don't know any of the commenters) but I agree you are coming across as rude. Questioning the veracity of someone's personal experience (which seems plausible and doesn't require extraordinary evidence) then demanding more information after you've already done so, with zero perceived benefit to him...well I can see why some could feel offended.

[NicoJuicy]

You are correct that it could come across as rude and I have no problems with you mentioning it.

But, in 1 year having a successful startup in the live entertainment as a new frontend dev doesn't sound realistic to me. I've never even met a founder that would call himself a frontend dev tbh.

And if people blame something on Covid, at least they should be able to tell us why it failed due to Covid. It's not unreasonable to ask for more info, if specifics of cause / consequences aren't clear.

PS. The original comment was also off-topic ( there's nothing business related in the article), which probably made me doubt it in the first place.

[kbelder]

Not just rude; looking through somebody's post history to find a gotcha is _embarrasing_.