<story><title>I was a 20-something dethroned dotcom ceo that went to work at mcdonald&apos;s (2000)</title><url>https://web.archive.org/web/20040616091238/http://www.heiferman.com/mcd/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>oceanplexian</author><text>Agree that’s kind of *^%% move, I’d have too much self respect to start working somewhere for a few weeks than bail.&lt;p&gt;Doesn’t matter if it’s a food service job or a FAANG. McDonalds was doing him a solid by offering some kind of employment for a person presumably down on their luck with zero experience. Hiring people is a huge expense and risk even for a small franchise.</text></item><item><author>SoftTalker</author><text>Well that explains why he felt nobody appreciated his efforts. The first few weeks at a job like that you are pretty much just in the way. It takes some time to learn the routines and operate the equipment so you can work quickly without thinking.</text></item><item><author>Maxatar</author><text>He worked there for a few weeks:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&amp;#x2F;scott-heiferman-startup-career-history-2013-6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&amp;#x2F;scott-heiferman-startup-care...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>mtmail</author><text>&amp;quot;10&amp;#x2F;[20]00-10&amp;#x2F;[20]00:  counterperson, mcdonald&amp;#x27;s&amp;quot; Does that mean he worked there for one month or less?&lt;p&gt;I checked his Linkedin, the job isn&amp;#x27;t listed. Jan 2002 he started a new photo startup (&amp;quot;50M+ members posted a billion photos&amp;quot;), then co-founder&amp;amp;CEO of meetup.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a good time capsule of what his thinking was in 2000 but I wonder if it was more than a break. At my office job I, too, often think I should drive an Uber or deliver food for a month as a break.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>burningChrome</author><text>&amp;gt;&amp;gt; I’d have too much self respect to start working somewhere for a few weeks than bail.&lt;p&gt;You also have to remember the time. The first real dot com crash and recession that quickly followed.&lt;p&gt;I went through that crash. I remember several days where FLOORS of companies in the building I was working would be let go and companies were shuttering by the dozens every day. For about three months the bar across from our building would have a dozen people sitting around a couple tables, drinking beer around noon, talking about how they &lt;i&gt;almost&lt;/i&gt; made it and you knew another company had laid off its entire staff. You knew one day you would most certainly join them. And I finally did.&lt;p&gt;And then you realize your dreams of changing the world are gone and you need to find a job because you still have to pay rent, pay your heat bill and put gas in your car, so you just took anything as aside to keep you going. I went to work at a Pizza Delivery place for almost a year while the economy recovered and companies started to need people again.&lt;p&gt;For him, he had a much faster turn around. But at the time, when no companies are hiring, you&amp;#x27;re just looking for something that will keep you busy and bring in some money until your next move. I&amp;#x27;m guessing he didn&amp;#x27;t really care because so many of us tech cast offs were working at fast food places after the crash. He probably felt like he would be replaced within hours of quitting, which is probably pretty accurate.</text></comment>
<story><title>I was a 20-something dethroned dotcom ceo that went to work at mcdonald&apos;s (2000)</title><url>https://web.archive.org/web/20040616091238/http://www.heiferman.com/mcd/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>oceanplexian</author><text>Agree that’s kind of *^%% move, I’d have too much self respect to start working somewhere for a few weeks than bail.&lt;p&gt;Doesn’t matter if it’s a food service job or a FAANG. McDonalds was doing him a solid by offering some kind of employment for a person presumably down on their luck with zero experience. Hiring people is a huge expense and risk even for a small franchise.</text></item><item><author>SoftTalker</author><text>Well that explains why he felt nobody appreciated his efforts. The first few weeks at a job like that you are pretty much just in the way. It takes some time to learn the routines and operate the equipment so you can work quickly without thinking.</text></item><item><author>Maxatar</author><text>He worked there for a few weeks:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&amp;#x2F;scott-heiferman-startup-career-history-2013-6&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&amp;#x2F;scott-heiferman-startup-care...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>mtmail</author><text>&amp;quot;10&amp;#x2F;[20]00-10&amp;#x2F;[20]00:  counterperson, mcdonald&amp;#x27;s&amp;quot; Does that mean he worked there for one month or less?&lt;p&gt;I checked his Linkedin, the job isn&amp;#x27;t listed. Jan 2002 he started a new photo startup (&amp;quot;50M+ members posted a billion photos&amp;quot;), then co-founder&amp;amp;CEO of meetup.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a good time capsule of what his thinking was in 2000 but I wonder if it was more than a break. At my office job I, too, often think I should drive an Uber or deliver food for a month as a break.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AndyNemmity</author><text>McDonalds can fire you for any reason in my state. At any time.&lt;p&gt;When you&amp;#x27;re renting yourself to authoritarian institutions like corporations, there is no &amp;quot;self respect&amp;quot; required for you to always take the best deal for yourself whenever possible.</text></comment>