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'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's culture was something I should have put down earlier if I wanted to get ahead. Message boards are not where the 'A' players of the world spend their time. Caring about  the fans of your stream is not exactly of the list of 'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People'