What crazy benefits did you have before the iBubble popped?

aaron · 04-06-2004, 11:29 PM

Remember the good-ole days when you could get a PS2 and some organic carrot juice delivered to your door in under an hour? (long live Kozmo.com

)

When I was working at an agency in Seattle around the same time, it was the golden age of reckless spending. Ping pong, pool table, retro stand-up video games? For granted! Weekly masseuse? I'll quit the week it's not there! $2000 Herman Miller chairs? Well, I gotta sit on something, and coding by hand is sooo hard my ass hurts in normal chairs. Grab a beer from the employee fridge for lunch? Hey, get me one too!

So maybe you guys have some hilarious anecdotes as employees of forward-thinking companies?

tyrsal · 07-06-2004, 11:35 PM

i want a $2000 herman miller chair...

jesse · 14-06-2004, 09:44 AM

I'm so lost right now. . .

iAmGen3ric · 16-06-2004, 10:58 PM

As am I... haha

Frank · 06-08-2004, 11:10 PM

I unfortunately have no anecdotes...never really got the oppurtunity during the internet boom...hehe

mdipi · 20-08-2004, 02:59 AM

Maybe i'm a bit to young, but i never noticed a big change to tell you the truth. It just all kind of seemed to flow.

iAmGen3ric · 20-08-2004, 05:37 AM

This thread just clicked. The DOT COM BOOM DUH! HAHA, I just got done reading "The Perfect Store: Inside eBay". By far the most successful company to come out of the dot com boom.

I would have loved to have been part of a start-up duing that time. Even if it was one of the 98% that later failed!

Frank · 20-08-2004, 09:51 AM

hehe...true...would have been a nice experience!

mdipi · 20-08-2004, 07:16 PM

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Originally posted by iAmGen3ric
This thread just clicked. The DOT COM BOOM DUH! HAHA, I just got done reading "The Perfect Store: Inside eBay". By far the most successful company to come out of the dot com boom.

I would have loved to have been part of a start-up duing that time. Even if it was one of the 98% that later failed!

My friend read that book, she said that it was so intersting to see how a coperation could be almost 100% based on servers with really the only physical means are the offices.

Just kinda thought that was cool - i might read it at somepoint when i have time (which doesnt seem anytime soon)

iAmGen3ric · 20-08-2004, 09:30 PM

It's definitely an interesting book. It is inspiring to say the least and you sure get every detail of how eBay became what it is today. It's really cool.

04-06-2004, 11:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
aaron Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4	What crazy benefits did you have before the iBubble popped? Remember the good-ole days when you could get a PS2 and some organic carrot juice delivered to your door in under an hour? (long live Kozmo.com ) When I was working at an agency in Seattle around the same time, it was the golden age of reckless spending. Ping pong, pool table, retro stand-up video games? For granted! Weekly masseuse? I'll quit the week it's not there! $2000 Herman Miller chairs? Well, I gotta sit on something, and coding by hand is sooo hard my ass hurts in normal chairs. Grab a beer from the employee fridge for lunch? Hey, get me one too! So maybe you guys have some hilarious anecdotes as employees of forward-thinking companies?

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07-06-2004, 11:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
tyrsal Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 59	i want a $2000 herman miller chair...

14-06-2004, 09:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
jesse scumm fan. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 125	I'm so lost right now. . .

16-06-2004, 10:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
iAmGen3ric Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 175	As am I... haha

06-08-2004, 11:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
Frank Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 164	I unfortunately have no anecdotes...never really got the oppurtunity during the internet boom...hehe

20-08-2004, 02:59 AM	#6 (permalink)
mdipi Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 13	Maybe i'm a bit to young, but i never noticed a big change to tell you the truth. It just all kind of seemed to flow.

20-08-2004, 05:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
iAmGen3ric Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 175	This thread just clicked. The DOT COM BOOM DUH! HAHA, I just got done reading "The Perfect Store: Inside eBay". By far the most successful company to come out of the dot com boom. I would have loved to have been part of a start-up duing that time. Even if it was one of the 98% that later failed!

20-08-2004, 09:51 AM	#8 (permalink)
Frank Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 164	hehe...true...would have been a nice experience!

20-08-2004, 09:30 PM	#10 (permalink)
iAmGen3ric Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 175	It's definitely an interesting book. It is inspiring to say the least and you sure get every detail of how eBay became what it is today. It's really cool.