Comments on: Advice on anything except sport

Advice on anything except sport

iffley — Sun, 07 Dec 2003 23:25:23 -0800

Need advice? Ask Pud. Having apparently created a good income for himself, Pud will tell you how to do it too. And let you know what his kit's like. And brief you on the future of your career in the IT industry. And give you a tip on street food in NY. And tell you the quickest way to learn French. And he gets to the point about chickens and eggs pretty quick too.

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 04:27:43 -0800

Damn. Pud stole my idea of becoming the internet's very own "Dear Abby."

By: shoepal

shoepal — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 06:13:16 -0800

I think I enjoyed those links more than I should have.

By: furiousthought

furiousthought — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 07:20:02 -0800

Yay! I'm a sucker for internet advice columns.

By: PigAlien

PigAlien — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 09:24:34 -0800

Damn sight better than Cary Tenis! I think I'll send an email to Salon...

By: dobbs

dobbs — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 09:43:12 -0800

Pretty cool. Thanks for the link!

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 11:17:11 -0800

Yay! I'm a sucker for internet advice columns. Have I mentioned that I write Dear Winifred - Odd Advice for Strange People? (obviously a self link, no?) You can even get it on your RSS reader.

By: furiousthought

furiousthought — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:36:31 -0800

Thank you! Want more. I already read the Vine and the Rabbit Blog (which sort of qualifies) and I stand firmly with the universe in loathing Cary Tenis: any others?

By: Down10

Down10 — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:38:31 -0800

Wow. Surprisingly honest, straightforward, and non-sarcastic. I guess Pud isn't a one-trick-pony after all.

By: kindall

kindall — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:48:11 -0800

His IT industry career advice strikes me as stupid. Move to India? Why, so you can be unemployed on the other side of the globe too? There are plenty of qualified native workers available on the Subcontinent, and even if there weren't, it's my understanding that most Indian firms would hire an Indian over a foreigner any day. It's another country, folks; they don't have the Equal Opportunity Employment Act over there. You're not One Of Them, and you don't offer an employer any skills they couldn't get from someone who is. I could be completely wrong, but that's what I've heard.

By: Yossarian

Yossarian — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 13:41:48 -0800

Most of the advice is pretty good. Not bad pud, not bad at all. Too bad the FC boards are unreadable.

By: Spacelegoman

Spacelegoman — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:26:48 -0800

There was a period when the FC boards were quite funny indeed, but that moment has passed. What I don't understand is that Pud's main site is called Fucked Company, and yet he puts little red crosses over his own raised middle fingers. If you're going to do it, go all the way dude.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 16:25:23 -0800

Pud's very versatile....almost like a swiss army knife with hundreds of different gadgets. He's good in varied weather too. In fact, he's a Pud for all seasons.

By: iffley

iffley — Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:16:34 -0800

I just found ask.metafilter.com.

Wow.
Pud loses. Matt wins. Can't wait to see this with categories, and meta-tags, and a rating system. This is advice I'd pay money for.