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Despite Y Combinator Growth, Paul Graham Still Coding

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Re: Despite Y Combinator Growth, Paul Graham Still Coding

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Post by bluekeybox »

kinkora wrote: post #14

Sorry to sound blunt but why is it a given that if a person is successful, it is surprising that he/she is doing "lesser" things? I never understood that notion. If I was successful/rich/etc, I will still be coding on my free time. Heck, I will be washing my own dishes, buying my own groceries, driving myself and so on. And I know many other "rich/successful/etc" people who are exactly like that.

> why is it a given that if a person is successful, it is surprising that he/she is doing "lesser" things?

Automation and delegation. Sounds evil but it isn't.

Re: Despite Y Combinator Growth, Paul Graham Still Coding

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Post by spenrose »

pg wrote: post #18
onan_barbarian wrote: post #8

This article makes me wonder: status-of-arc-p?

I hack a fair amount in it, less on it. I'd hoped to release a new version of News soon, and thus also a new version of Arc. But I am pretty busy with YC.

Feature request: readable URLs. /title-of-story, /title-of-story/comment/username, etc.

Re: Despite Y Combinator Growth, Paul Graham Still Coding

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Post by jpulgarin »

kinkora wrote: post #14

Sorry to sound blunt but why is it a given that if a person is successful, it is surprising that he/she is doing "lesser" things? I never understood that notion. If I was successful/rich/etc, I will still be coding on my free time. Heck, I will be washing my own dishes, buying my own groceries, driving myself and so on. And I know many other "rich/successful/etc" people who are exactly like that.

Do you enjoy washing dishes? Why would you still be doing it?

Re: Despite Y Combinator Growth, Paul Graham Still Coding

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Post by georgieporgie »

PhilipG wrote: post #21

This should come as no surprise. Writing code is a medium of expression like writing english or drawing or using a piece of software via a GUI. Like most of us I imagine Paul would do all of these on a daily basis.

That's a really interesting thought. Is there any correlation between programming and writing abilities? (not that you were saying that) They're superficially dissimilar, but each is a creative endeavor that deals with formulating ideas and organizing them into a particular flow... It does seem that a number of great programmers are gifted writers, as well, but this could be blogger selection bias.

Re: Despite Y Combinator Growth, Paul Graham Still Coding

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Post by SamReidHughes »

spenrose wrote: post #25
pg wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hack a fair amount in it, less on it. I'd hoped to release a new version of News soon, and thus also a new version of Arc. But I am pretty busy with YC.

Feature request: readable URLs. /title-of-story, /title-of-story/comment/username, etc.

You should just get better at memorizing item id's.

Re: Despite Y Combinator Growth, Paul Graham Still Coding

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Post by imjk »

philwelch wrote: post #5
warwick wrote: post #2

I really don't like the bias in the headline. It seems to imply that coding isn't something you'd do after you got growth. Why not "How Coding Helps Y Combinator Manage Growth" or "Paul Graham Keeps Coding to Help Y Combinator Keep Growing"?

I think the implication is that pg would be too busy running YC to code. Even if it doesn't happen to him, it happens to a lot of founders.

I think there's an even more subtle implication that pg is too busy (and should be) to code, yet he still CHOOSES to continue to code. Obviously it would be really easy to find someone to do the coding work - whether keeping up with HN or the creating investor/startup interface - but his choice to continue coding is a statement he and the article are making.
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