i knew you would throw an insult, you gotta live up to your "GFY persona" -

cant you take constructive criticism or a suggestion without replying like a 14 yr old?

i know what your interview is about.

I didnt say it or you sucked.

read between the lines of what Eservices2k3 posted.

have a nice night.

ok ill play

morbidly obese people dont live long lives and the way your going scott, you wont make it past 60-65.

heart attacks and diabetes are deadly motherfuckers.

think about losing weight now so you can live a longer life so you can keep the trolls at GFY at bay for yrs to come.

Geez, who invited the trolls to the party?

Tell ya what all you geniuses who think Scott needs help running the interviews. How many of the people that have been interviewed do you know on a first name basis AND would take time out of their lives to answer your interview questions? (or even return your phone calls for that matter)

When you have the contact list that he has, then you have room to criticize. Until then you're just a nobody troll hiding behind a screen name, so STFU

Easy killer, with someone of Andrew's success ... some of us are just trying to get a more behind the scenes look at BOTH personal and business...and it doesn't seem anyone can get enough!

This thread has people doing math/logic, working on weekends, what next?!?

actually i've lost over 100lbs in the last year and I'd bet money I can bench press more then you and am probally in better cardovascular shape then you. but like I said - you don't know your ass from a hole in the ground.

keep making fun of my weight please - most idiots revert to that once they have no other ammo. It's like a flashing neon sign on your forhead that says you can't compete anymore on an intelligent level so you revert to grade seven insults.

I totally agree with you, I'm very intrigued by this interview myself.

My remarks were directed at the people telling Sleazy his questions sucked and he needed help with them.

In most ambushes people ask a few of their own questions, but for one person to ask a dozen questions (some of which are redundant), and then criticize the person who put the interview together is just ridiculous.

Andrew, if you could do it all over again, what would you change? Any regrets?

Lookin good Partner keep the answers coming I think you have doubled your post count and you may actually break 100 post on GFY :) not bad for 3 1/2 years on GFY hahahhahaha Total Posts: 86 (0.07 posts per day)

Lenny, please re-read my comment. I did not say his questions sucked. I was under the impression that he came up with all the questions himself and I suggested he should have other people assist. It appears he does, so I stand I corrected.

Summer Donna tiger.

250......

250! Keep em coming! :thumbsup

Edit: Damn.

2 fiddy 2 ambushes:thumbsup

As I mentioned earlier, I wrote the first web personals site in 1994 (called
webpersonals.com). I sold it in 1995 and it was then bought by lavalife for
a nice flip for the first buyer. I'm sure that the code is long history.
The japanese press were the first to write about it - was kind of weird
to have them more in tune than the US.

Webpersonals looked something like this at one point didn't it? :winkwink:

http://web.archive.org/web/200006150...anetvenis.net/

I remember that was my first shot at being a graphic designer....suffice it to say I quickly decided graphics were not for me and stuck to coding :)

Whoa... you got to fear chaos theory (you know, like in Jurassic Park
where one small change induces a cascade of changes and you get a
totally different outcome). With hindsight, of course it's easy to say
things like "Should have kept working on the search engine with Lars
in 1997".

good for you scott, keep going and congratulations :thumbsup .

its a tough road but a rewarding one - i know from experience.

You started with the seventh grade insults after i made a suggestion which was constructive and not bashing you. (and was quoting Eservices2k3 who made a valid point).

if a simple suggestion sets you off and reverts you to posting IQ insults, have at it, my guess is your playing your "board persona".

whats it say under your name? "i'm here for the sport?" ......

i threw your shit back on the same level you threw it at me.

Its the GFY game.

Seriously Scott - this is a good thread so lets agree not to overshadow it with this silliness. :thumbsup

My version was even uglier (if you can believe it) :winkwink: That site
did get kicked around a bit... I think I have a screen capture somewhere...

The earliest one I can find is http://web.archive.org/web/199610221...personals.com/ from 1996.

Doesn't look too far off from the WML I'm coding right now :1orglaugh :(

This is my favorite interview yet. Thank you Sleazy for the venue and thank you Professor for taking time out of your day to share with us. I find your experience profound and inspirational.

Cheers,

Brad

Great read!

I have enjoyed the Ambush Interviews, since I found one. I think Sleazy's does a great job and has alot of contacts backing him up, nothing wrong with other reader's asking different question's, it's the way you go about it.

As in, I'am truely enjoying this Ambush, but I have a few questions to add.

Great questions! Very intreging very interesting guy. I never knew about KoKo and found her site to be very interesting. Maui will be so nice for her.

My first business venture was when I was 8 selling vegetables from our garden to
our neighbors, door-to-door. Aside from learning how to ride a bike with two 5
gallon buckets of tomatoes, I did learn many business principles. For example,
I learned that people didn't want a five-pound zucchini no matter how much I
tried to convince them of the value per pound - business is all about the needs
of the customer.

This IS a fantastic interview! I stayed up late to get caught up on the answers - and entertained with every one. LOVE how the "doors" question gets minds going. Lars is right - that seriously is how it is at Friendfinder headquarters each day!

Wow... umm... yeah...

Great interview and very inspirational, makes me wanna to work even harder :thumbsup

Mark

great read! good luck the Professor.

I guess software guys think of their first computer just like they think
of their first sex partner. I got a Commodore Vic-20 computer when it
had just hit the stores in 1981 - I was instantly hooked. With 3K of memory and no
way to save programs, the computer had much to be desired. None-the-less,
I would turn it on in the morning, spend most of the day writing simple games
and scripts and then delete them all at night when I had to turn the computer off.
About a year later, Commodore came out with the Commodore 64 with 64K of memory
and a then-amazing cassette tape backup system. Now I could build much more
elaborate programs and save them! In gratitude for its purchase by my mom,
one of my first programs was a bible quiz game (yep, I was a church boy).
Speaking of church, if you have right-wing Christain traffic that you want
to convert, send them to BigChurch.com (don't laugh, it one of our better
converting sites... has bible searches, scripture by email, you name it!).

hey andrew.. do you konw what myers-briggs personality type you are?

my guess is INTJ

I hope you're not referring to me as I didn't once criticize anybody in this thread anywhere. I used the word "great" to describe Sleazy's questions and said I wanted to "compliment" them which is what I've done in many Ambush Interviews.

Also, one question was a repeat and it was in error, it was my very last question and it was too late to edit after posted. The question was "who do you look up to?"

Sleazy and the person being interviewed have invited others to ask questions in these interviews in the past. I take up that opportunity when I'm curious about somebody because it's not every day you get to talk to them. It adds value to the interview by creating even further interest. I think my questions were interesting and many other people feel the same way. It also takes pressure off Sleazy as he might feel over the top asking too many questions and he might ask different questions than an outsider would because he knows these people personally while we do not.

If you think I criticized anybody I think you have me mistaken with another poster.

Fantastic stuff.

Just with quick math on AFF, you are over half the size of Advanced Micro Devices (1.2b in sales). You can qualify for the Forbes 400 list or are very close.

Great interview, awesome read!

Most Excellent Interview, always was curious about "the man behind the machine" so to speak... :pimp

Andrew was up all night coding I think till about 4 am so he will be back at it in a few hours :)

My undergrad was in Terre Haute, Indiana - known fondly then as the armpit of Indiana
with one of the lowest housing costs in the country. After my freshman year, I
found a 4-bedroom, 2700 sq ft turn-of-the-century Victorian house for sale for
$21K. I was able to convince a bank to appraise it for considerably more than the
asking price as well as giving a loan to cover the cost. For the next three years,
I rented rooms of the house to 26 different people which help me cover my expenses.
I ended up selling the house a week before graduation for a reasonable profit - due
in part to three years of painting and upgrading the house. I recently went
back there and found that it hadn't been maintained - I'm sure it can be
bought for about the same now... 15 years later.

I think you're right... although I believe Andrew is on the border of almost every type, so depending on his mood for the day, he could jump to an ESFP.

Finally ... the question I've been waiting for!

Hrm ... that was not the story I was expecting, but good nonetheless. Allison from TopBucks and I shared a 600 sq. ft. casita in college, not as nice. Tucson is equally as armpitty I'm sure!! : )

Yes, INTJ/ENTJ. For people who haven't heard about myers-briggs, it's
a really amazing tool for understanding people and their needs. In just
a couple questions, you can figure out what turns someone on, what
things can make them happy, what triggers them getting upset, what
jobs are they best suited for, etc. It's also a good way to understand
yourself better - highly recommend checking out some sites that have
it or similar (including some of ours).

Hmmm... in Minnesotan winters, such hair is a life preserver
http://photos.conru.com/conru/albums/41/741.16837.jpg

Great read so far

HIPPIE FREAK


thats some funny shit right there

hah didn't i see you in "Deliverance"