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Well, sure. Should you have? I doubt it.
You'll be able to hack and do startups the rest of your life. Most likely you'll only have a few chances to fall in love. I recommend making the most of them. (This goes double if you want to get married and have a family.)
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> folks overestimate my skill at hacking Actually, I was under the impression that you were mainly known for BCC, which doesn't look that technically sophisticated (of course, it does require good marketing/SEO/etc, and your candid posts and expertise are very welcome). Care to brag a little?
The Bingo Card Generator is not the part of BCC that is technically sophisticated.
I do recall that Patrick has written a supposedly-neat A/B testing framework - is that what you're referring to?
[I'm not trolling, just honestly curious!]
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I love my job and find a great deal of meaning in the work, but there is no level of Yay This Is The Best Job Ever that would make it more important than those other things. (It is my favorite job ever. This morning aside, I practically bounce with enthusiasm about it. I am probably spoiled for doing anything else. But if it were ripped away from me, I'd still be living a very blessed life.) I appreciate the praise,…
> folks overestimate my skill at hacking Actually, I was under the impression that you were mainly known for BCC, which doesn't look that technically sophisticated (of course, it does require good marketing/SEO/etc, and your candid posts and expertise are very welcome). Care to brag a little?
My limited claim to fame with regards to programming is that I am good at designing and passable at implementing systems/code which improve marketing outcomes: A/B testing, various types of optimization, scalable content generation, conversion tracking and optimization, etc. It turns out that this is a) not nearly as common as being good at programming and b) anywhere from "spiffy" at BCC scales to "changed the way we did business" (quoth a rather happy client, who you've all heard of).
A muse helps so much. I know I am supposed to be naturally deeply passionate about every single thing in my life all the time -- that is apparently now standard for educated people, nobody ever feels blasé about anything; feeling blasé is for poor people and stupid people -- but (gasp, horror of horrors) passion is sometimes hard to come by for me. Loving someone gives everything a special glow. Loving someone makes…
I think “blasé”, by definition, isn't for poor or stupid people, unless you're using it ironically.
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The Bingo Card Generator is not the part of BCC that is technically sophisticated.
Didn't you describe it as a "hello world project hooked up to a random number generator" at some point? ;-) I do recall that Patrick has written a supposedly-neat A/B testing framework - is that what you're referring to? [I'm not trolling, just honestly curious!]
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Can you explain more the risk? I'm in my 20s and considering to work like hell and not going in an opposite sex relationship. I have friends, though.
One day you'll realize that those opportunities with the opposite sex that you've been blowing off because you had "better" things to do... Well, those opportunities only exist in the past. Regrets are almost always about things you didn't do. Almost never about the things you did do.
As a woman who sees these young entrepreneurs in their twenties who routinely put work before relationships, I am sometimes dismayed. I've wondered more than once if their growth as men is being stunted. I suspect the stories of sacrificing love on the altar of your startup and the pain involved in doing so are just the stories you don't hear. New love and startups have about the same failure rate. No?
No, it's not. But just forcing oneself, and redirecting your attention for something that you dream to turn big.
I was at dinner with a young lady who is now my girlfriend a few months ago, and she asked me my plans for the next morning (Saturday). I told her that I was going to be programming (it was during the last week or two prior to AR's launch). She said: Of course, after all you are a businessman. The job comes first. I said: No. Not first. Not second, either, unless first is "all the things I love in life." I had a real…
Not exactly: you don't live to work, but you don't work to live. Working is living, it's just that living is not just working.
Keep things balanced, and everything will be going better and better.