If you've got a CEO that

1. Think's he's helping by standing around your desk

and

2. will happily lurk over you while you're fixing things during working hours but evidently isn't concerned, not feeling as "helpful", nor around at 7PM...

Then, you've got other problems, I'd say.

barclay: You obviously missed the point that "with customers around the world. There isn’t a perfect time for a deployment".

Come on everyone, we've got to get passed this US-centric world-view, especially when it comes to web apps. If you're down, you're down. It's bad no matter what time of day. Maybe it feels worse and is more stressful when it's during the day because the CEO is in the office standing over your shoulder, but that doesn't make deploying at night a substitute for bad deployment environments or planning.

Not many companies have a customer-base that is spread evenly through the world. Not having a "perfect time" doesn't mean there isn't a "better time" than 9 AM EST.

"in a single day"? You're not serious are you? Jason and the team have been working to build their expertise and reputation for YEARS and YEARS (and YEARS) to get to this point. Far from getting $37k for a "single day", attendees are paying for the insight that comes from YEARS of 37signals' work. No one gets $37k for one day of work. They might have an additional $37k in their pockets in one day, but they EARNED it over years and years.

Bill Gates actually made/makes 2 million a day, and he's not alone. But I get your point.

54,000,000,000 / (55 * 365) = 2,689,912.83

yes, I'm serious. 37 seats x $1000 = $37k in pocket as you said. No one is debating the fact that they are only able to do this after years of hard work. Could Joe Schmoe of the street do this? No, absolutely not. But putting "How to make $37,000 in a single day after YEARS and YEARS (and YEARS) of hard work" doesn't exactly fit in the title field.

Love how they advise strongly against reviewing whatever this is with your own lawyer saying "getting [your] own attorney is much more risky and exposed."

Usually when someone you don't know tells you you shouldn't talk to your own attorney, it means you should talk to your own attorney.