An Oral History of Something Awful
I have all sorts of conflicted feelings about my time with SA during the Bush years when I was a college student.
It was fun, but I think the time I spent there cost me a point or two off my GPA. 
The people I knew of that went off to the Microsofts, Googles, Apples, and various startups of the world were more focused in their studies and their technical passions and didn&#x27;t pay too much attention to many of the things that concerned Goons (video games, politics chatter, the ongoing internet popularity contest).<p>In the end, SA&#x27;s culture was something I should have put down earlier if I wanted to get ahead. Message boards are not where the &#x27;A&#x27; players of the world spend their time. Caring about  the fans of your stream is not exactly of the list of &#x27;The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People&#x27;