People have been asking tons of questions about the company. Well, I'll answer
them here, so you really know what Infinity Plus One Productions is all
about.
What's a fake company?
I created this fake company one sunny Monday night. (January 10, 2000) The
essence of a Fake Company is that I hire Real People to do Fake Work, get paid
Fake Money, and all such aspects of a Real Business, except it's all Fake.
In essence, we don't pay you anything and you don't have to do any real work.
You just get a title.
Why did you do this?
I was avoiding work. And what better way to do this than to create a Fake Company?
But actually, now I just want to create the world's first, and most
successful, fake company.
So what do we do?
Nothing.
I mean, what is the goal of the company? What is its product?
Nothing really, as I said. The fun part of this company is that we have
all these departments and positions but nobody's really sure what the product
is. Why do we have a forensics examiner when we're not even related to crime
solving? And what do all the programmers program or the filmakers film?
Ideally, something. But really, nothing is made. Such is the essence of
a Fake Company.
Currently, this business model is being slightly modified. Anything any
employee creates can be made in the name of the company. Thus your goal or
purpose is exactly whatever you want to do.
Do I get stock options?
Yes, fake ones.
Can I get paid?
Yes, in fake money.
Can I put this on my resume and use you on a reference?
Sure, if you can get away with it. I'll be happy to inform your future
employers of the great work you did in my Fake Company. They won't know it's
fake, but since the minimum job requirements entails doing nothing and so far
all my employees are great at that, I'm not even really lying.
I'll be in the company if I can be the President. Or the CEO. Or ________
Sorry. Even Fake Companies give you a taste of the real world. But you can
be the President/CEO/whatever of your OWN Fake Company!
Can my title be "Duck Hunter" or "Dictator for Life" or "Terrorist Operative" or (insert your own here)
Sorry. We'd like it for our employees to hold job titles that sound like
real jobs. Sure, if you want to hunt ducks or assassinate world leaders, that
would be your "unofficial" duties.
Where did you get the name of the company?
Contrary to popular belief, this has nothing to do with calculus. The origin
of the name came from a common childhood conversation, which goes something like
so:
- Kid #1: I'm better than you!
- Kid #2: Oh yeah? I'm better than you times two!
- Kid #1: Well, I'm better than you times three!
- Kid #2: No, I'm better than you times infinity!
- Kid #1: I'm better than you times infinity plus one! So there!
- Kid #2: Darn.
And we'll remain better than the competition times infininity plus one,
unless someone decides to make a company called Infinity Plus Two. Then we're
in trouble.
That's it!