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Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012
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Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012
#42Even Forbes outsources their vetting to YC ;)
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#43Mostly kids of rich fucks... go figure.
I can assure you, one of my good friends is on that list, and he is far from being a child of some rich fuck. Temper your attitude, this is a significant accomplishment for these people. There's no need to be malicious against them for their success.
Sorry but I have a degree in nuclear physics, working a full time job and can't even afford a car. Something tells me those people just had a lot of luck!
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#44This thread has made me think less of Hacker News. All of it. The hate posts were pretty petty, but the fawning is pretty gross as well.
We wonder why there's so much ageism. It's because age obsessions stem from this "cool list" narcissistic nonsense. But this is a prejudice all of us will face, because we're all (well, almost all, and with luck) going to be old some day.
The sign of maturity is to see something like this, neither be impressed nor upset/resentful, and just move on. Some magazine made a list somewhere. There were names on it. Don't remember most of 'em. Not news, not interesting, #toobusygettingshitdone, et cetera.
I didn't even read the list and have no idea who's on it, so I have no opinion of the selection, but the fact that people care is appalling.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can assure you, one of my good friends is on that list, and he is far from being a child of some rich fuck. Temper your attitude, this is a significant accomplishment for these people. There's no need to be malicious against them for their success.
Sorry but I have a degree in nuclear physics, working a full time job and can't even afford a car. Something tells me those people just had a lot of luck!
Your sociological insight is spot-on (few people are born into VC connections) but your delivery sucks. Hate the game, not the player.
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#46This list just makes me depressed that I'm nearly 40 and haven't done half of what these brianiac kids have done. Er, I mean, BRILLIANT!
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Very true, but doesn't that mean she belongs on the 30 under 30 list a few years ago, not 2012?
Only if you believe she is less influential than she used to be.
Is she influential? I think she's Dale Bozzio: The Next Generation down to the fashion (since who the fuck remembers the 80s, right?) with a bit of Madonna and Gwen Stefani along the way. In another fifteen years we'll see someone else doing the same schtick and most people will not remember any previous iteration of it.
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that disclosure sounds like bragging, sorry
And what's wrong with that? People can't be happy with their accomplishments?
Being on the list is not, itself, a real accomplishment.
Building the business that gets you on the list is an accomplishment. After that, getting picked just means you know the right people. It's a derivative accomplishment that, on its own, has zero meaning or value.
Be proud of the thing you built, not the social noise surrounding "cool kids" lists. Who gives a shit? Do something cool, and take pride in that.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can assure you, one of my good friends is on that list, and he is far from being a child of some rich fuck. Temper your attitude, this is a significant accomplishment for these people. There's no need to be malicious against them for their success.
Sorry but I have a degree in nuclear physics, working a full time job and can't even afford a car. Something tells me those people just had a lot of luck!
I'm going to sound brash, arrogant, and a bit racist when I ask this, but let me guess: you're probably not the child of immigrant parents.
While there definitely is a "white" advantage in this world, and many people on these lists may have been born into privilege, your attitude towards it is pretty bullshit. My point about not being the child of immigrant parents was to highlight this attitude. Immigrant children tend to look at the world differently. They usually have to work harder to get their opportunities, and they'll do what it takes to get them. They have hustle.
It's true, a lot of your success depends on who you know, not what you know. You can either mope around and accept that you'll never be "successful," or you can get your ass in gear and make your own luck.
The choice is yours.
Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I can assure you, one of my good friends is on that list, and he is far from being a child of some rich fuck. Temper your attitude, this is a significant accomplishment for these people. There's no need to be malicious against them for their success.
Sorry but I have a degree in nuclear physics, working a full time job and can't even afford a car. Something tells me those people just had a lot of luck!
of course they had luck, but if all they had was luck, they probably wouldnt be on the list.
stop complaining about the hand you were dealt and make your own luck.