# Oregon dopers, want to be a millionaire? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 1, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-dopers-want-to-be-a-millionaire/569740 "2011-02-01T02:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-dopers-want-to-be-a-millionaire/569740/1 "2011-02-01T02:32:19Z")
Then just check out [this](http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cpg/2190564400.html) Craigslist job posting. And when you do make it big, remember who gave you the info in the first place. šŸ˜ƒ Iā€™d try to get in on this amazing offer myself, but I have, what do you call it? Oh yeah, skepticism. Thatā€™s the word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-dopers-want-to-be-a-millionaire/569740/2 "2011-02-01T06:25:54Z")
Iā€™m not a code monkey. I learned BASIC in middle school and had one class using VBasic in my one year of college. That was way back in the 90s. Otherwise, Iā€™d be all over this. I really need a job. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-dopers-want-to-be-a-millionaire/569740/3 "2011-02-01T06:53:49Z")
How could you possibly resist this? After all, it is ā€œdefinatly the most innovative idea out there.ā€ (sic) And the specs are quite detailed: ā€œWe need the whole shabangā€ ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-dopers-want-to-be-a-millionaire/569740/4 "2011-02-01T08:54:34Z")
Thatā€™s the spirit. But you need to lengthen the first quote to include: > [@](#): > > Our site is sort of a social networking site, sort of like a glorified blog, but definatly the most innovative idea out there. A glorified blog. Wow! Nothing like that exists on the Internet. If I were Mark Zuckerberg I would be shaking in my boots. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-dopers-want-to-be-a-millionaire/569740/5 "2011-02-01T11:08:17Z")
I am totally on this. In no way does it sound like a bunch of 19 year old Beaverton whitebread stoner-hipsters with more money than brains at all! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-dopers-want-to-be-a-millionaire/569740/6 "2011-02-01T16:38:57Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > ā€¦ If I were Mark Zuckerberg I would be shaking in my boots. And donā€™t forget the founders of Twitter, tumblr, etc. Iā€™m sure they are all afraid, yes, very afraid. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-dopers-want-to-be-a-millionaire/569740/7 "2011-02-01T16:58:07Z")
Theyā€™ve been in the trenches for THREE YEARS! ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-dopers-want-to-be-a-millionaire/569740/8 "2011-02-01T17:55:38Z")
I always find the best way to recruit high-end, creative, hardworking employees is to give them the opportunity to work for free, trusting in the fact that this will be the NEXT BIG THING and we will be MILLIONAIRES, even though I myself donā€™t believe enough in it to spend one red dime of my own money on the idea. Because, you know, if itā€™s a really good idea, why spend cold, hard cash on it? ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-dopers-want-to-be-a-millionaire/569740/9 "2011-02-01T17:57:05Z")
I like how the pay is a percentage of the company TBD. Thatā€™s the vaguest salary Iā€™ve ever heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oregon-dopers-want-to-be-a-millionaire/569740/10 "2011-02-01T18:13:45Z")
I wonder if they need an old crank to sit around grumbling. Iā€™m going to check it out, fer shure.