[sandieman]

Amen. Donald trump of startup would be bad. Lets take one of our most public entrepreneurs, Jason Fried & 37signals, and extend this out.

If Jason was "Donald of startup" he would then create a "get rich like Jason" book series. Of course 37signals would go bankrupt a few times and bailed out by banks that he had leveraged.

Then he would start selling a clothing line of Jason Fried coding shirts. He would then start a reality show where he fired developers based on not coding well enough.

Then Jason would get on tv and start asking the public where Obama's birth certificate is.

Please keep Donald Trump away from startupland. He's a troll that deserves none of our respect.

[coloneltcb]

I have some inside knowledge of this, and the author did not pick the headline (it's common practice for copy editors to rewrite it). Agree that the headline is ridiculous, but if you go on to read the article, there is context to the analogy.

It says so in my profile, but for disclosure, I am a co-worker of the author..

[RobSpectre]

Really not my argument here. What I'm suggesting is that one clear idiot has leveraged the value of knowing what something costs to a non-trivial level of success. In our line of work, the most important commodity is developer time. Having a fundamental grasp of such is a unique competitive edge.