Confessions of a 20-Something Startup CTO
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Confessions of a 20-Something Startup CTO
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#2>I’ve always struggled with confidence issues. As a way of compensating for this, I leaned on my programming licks; here was at least one thing that I was awesome at.
>When I got into the startup world, something shocking happened. I started to meet people who were my equals, or even worse, better than me! This caused an existential crisis.
Spot on. It's not just you, buddy.
Edit: Contrary to popular naysaying, there are some of us who do like reading about others' trials and errors. I also loved the article on rock climbing. Keep it up!
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#3Ahh, I remember when I was 20 & how nice to think what you have to say is important. I've personally found that people want to read about functionality. They might want to read about your personal stress after you've become successful but chances they're more interested in reading about a new integration or how to look at something different.
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#4I'm a 20-something startup CTO, why do I want to read the thoughts of people my own age instead of people who are more experienced?
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#5I'm a 20-something startup CTO, why do I want to read the thoughts of people my own age instead of people who are more experienced?
I was just trying to write an honest reflection on what my experiences have been like, diving head first into the startup world. I'm not trying to position myself as an expert :)
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#6I'm a 20-something startup CTO, why do I want to read the thoughts of people my own age instead of people who are more experienced?
Why do you think the article was written for you personally?
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#7I'm a 20-something startup CTO, why do I want to read the thoughts of people my own age instead of people who are more experienced?
Why do you think the article was written for you personally?
The point is that even people in the same cohort aren't seeing the value, how is it going to help everybody else?
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#8Could you elaborate on what you mention is the MIT syndrome? I saw one definition (based on over explaining) but it seems like this is something else
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#9This article might have a good point, but it's hard to find it amongst all the "my friends and I are really cool and awesome people" speak.
Does this article, coupled with the fact that the author submitted it himself, strike anyone else as terribly vain?
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#10I'm a 20-something startup CTO, why do I want to read the thoughts of people my own age instead of people who are more experienced?
A lot of times people more experienced are so far detached from what you might be going through.
I've found people who have just gone through what I've gone through can help a ton.
Joel Gascoigne sums this up better than I.
http://joel.is/post/28198804700/why-im-helping-startup-found...