People who take on risk for reward are still entitled to be upset at people who have lied to them about the nature of the risk and reward. There's a difference between taking on risk in an informed manner and getting conned into taking the risk.
On occasion I think HN goes overboard on the reward side of entrepreneurship too, and that's not right when that happens either. Tell the truth, let people make up their minds. (And to be clear, I mean it just happens sometimes. On the whole there's too many people doing it for real for raw cheerleading to go unchallenged for long.)
People have been getting led on about the value of their degree for a while now. The economic situation is bringing things to a head but it's not new.
Also, I doubt this is a serious call for a refund, in the sense that he has even the remote expectation of one. This is a warning to others dressed up with a rhetorical flourish.
On occasion I think HN goes overboard on the reward side of entrepreneurship too, and that's not right when that happens either. Tell the truth, let people make up their minds. (And to be clear, I mean it just happens sometimes. On the whole there's too many people doing it for real for raw cheerleading to go unchallenged for long.)
People have been getting led on about the value of their degree for a while now. The economic situation is bringing things to a head but it's not new.
Also, I doubt this is a serious call for a refund, in the sense that he has even the remote expectation of one. This is a warning to others dressed up with a rhetorical flourish.