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Recognize that you most probably don't.
Well, that's just no fun at all.
I don’t find the problem of creating a company to be an interesting benchmark of discussion. Why aren’t we talking about creating ethical companies and how to make it easier for companies to not seek to be corrupt, or set up barriers to corruption that are more verifiably not manipulable by those already with wealth or power? I can’t see how any other angle of discussion about creating companies can be worth anyone’s…
> I can’t see how any other angle of discussion about creating companies can be worth anyone’s time until that is better sorted. People differ regarding their personal ethics, ambitions, interests, and abilities. If you make a compelling argument that your concerns are objectively the highest priority for discussion, even then only a fraction of the community will care to engage on the topic.
For your explanation to be adequate, there would have to be such extreme indiosyncratic variation in the most common of human ethical standards relating to murder, sexual assault, gross scale bribery, child exploitation and many other issues that, from a cultural anthropology point of view, seem to yield a very highly correlated set of ethical norms across almost all of the developed world.
It just seems implausible compared with alternative explanations, like intentional large scale paychological manipulation.
> I have yet experienced more in these four years than most people do in all of their lives. Lol, hearing that from a 22 year old.
It is difficult to take someone seriously when they introduce themselves by saying something like that. Experiencing life is not a competition, nor is it a valid bragging point. I guess it is good to know that there are some painfully obvious lessons that are not learned by building a company.
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Health issues, dying friends, sick family, and mid life have no correlation with age? Being 22 is harder if you pass on opportunities to get perspective...
22 year olds can also have health issues, dying friends, sick family. Not sure how "mid life" is an "issue", per se? All I'm saying is, all things considered, building a business is hard regardless of what age you are.
That means that more people will face more challenges at the same time as they age. And, more importantly, any individual facing real hardship while young is unfortunately still likely to face greater hardships as they get older. That is why the OP's advice to build perspective earlier in life is useful for everyone, and does not discount the reality of hardship for the article writer or other young people.
Not dissing the general message. Startups can be brutal, but still. Dude is 22 and claims having seen more hardship than others. Try dealing with raising kids, health issues, sick family members, dying friends, mid life (all of which will probably happen as you near the age 40) and a startup will look like a pleasant distraction from the actual hard stuff in life. I,d say enjoy being 22, don’t take yourself to seriou…
Guy lost me a couple sentences in, right about here: "I’ve only been up and around for about 4 years, a happy ignorant high school teenager before that. I have yet experienced more professional hardship in these four years than most people do in all of their lives." I realize the guy is young and hope he is just using hyperbole and does not honestly believe what he is saying. I'm willing to bet the guys that queue ou…
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Guy lost me a couple sentences in, right about here: "I’ve only been up and around for about 4 years, a happy ignorant high school teenager before that. I have yet experienced more professional hardship in these four years than most people do in all of their lives." I realize the guy is young and hope he is just using hyperbole and does not honestly believe what he is saying. I'm willing to bet the guys that queue ou…
He's from India. Statistically speaking, he might be right, although judging by the fact he dropped out of school he's probably in the upper echelons of society.
Not dissing the general message. Startups can be brutal, but still. Dude is 22 and claims having seen more hardship than others. Try dealing with raising kids, health issues, sick family members, dying friends, mid life (all of which will probably happen as you near the age 40) and a startup will look like a pleasant distraction from the actual hard stuff in life. I,d say enjoy being 22, don’t take yourself to seriou…
It's amazing how entrepreneurship is so textbook nowdays. Quit job ->. start company->. be minimalist ->. Get funding ->. post tech blog ->. blog on founder struggle. ->. Blog on failure ->. Travel ->. Become a one-bagger. All of this in few months