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------ Most people are not suited to it. I'd be surprised if more than 1% of people are. And even for those few, it's a mistake to start too young. If a startup

by arbabu 11y ago

------ Most people are not suited to it. I'd be surprised if more than 1% of people are. And even for those few, it's a mistake to start too young. If a startup succeeds, it takes over your life in a way that cuts off lots of other opportunities. It's a mistake to do that sort of pruning before you understand what you're losing by it. I wouldn't advise people to try to start startups before about 23. Before that you should be exploring. ------

GuiA 11y ago
> "it's a mistake to start too young" > "don't start before 23" Oh Silicon Valley. I've been in tech in the Bay Area for about 5 years now, regularly attending various events and being a part of the community, and most startup founders under 30-35 are ridiculously naive and boring, with very little to show over time. People over 30 with a decade or so of industry and work experience tend to be much more realistic and methodical about what they're doing (I'm 25). PG is very successful and has some interesting things to say, but it's important to keep in mind that taking advice from someone whose vision of startups in the last 10 years came exclusively from manning YCombinator is going to be deeply biased.
- arbabu 11y ago
  I'm kinda confused. It looked like you are also confirming PG's observation but you ended with a skeptical tone. Anyway this was interesting to me because most people tend to overly support youngster's into entrepreneurship but this looked more realistic and practical.
  - austenallred 11y ago
    > It looked like you are also confirming PG's observation but you ended with a skeptical tone. Both of these things are necessary on HN if you want to maximize the number of upvotes.
    - arbabu 11y ago
      I'm also excited about my first comment with 4 upvotes :P
  - danellis 11y ago
    Agreeing with the principle and disagreeing with the number, I think.
    - GuiA 11y ago
      The thing is that the age he gives (23) is so low that it's at odds with the principle, the same way as if I said "kids should wait till they're a bit older to drink alcohol, like after 8 years old" and someone disagreed and said 18 years old is a better age, they wouldn't just be agreeing with the principle and disagreeing with the number.

by arbabu 11y ago

GuiA 11y ago

> "it's a mistake to start too young" > "don't start before 23" Oh Silicon Valley. I've been in tech in the Bay Area for about 5 years now, regularly attending various events and being a part of the community, and most startup founders under 30-35 are ridiculously naive and boring, with very little to show over time. People over 30 with a decade or so of industry and work experience tend to be much more realistic and methodical about what they're doing (I'm 25). PG is very successful and has some interesting things to say, but it's important to keep in mind that taking advice from someone whose vision of startups in the last 10 years came exclusively from manning YCombinator is going to be deeply biased.

arbabu 11y ago
I'm kinda confused. It looked like you are also confirming PG's observation but you ended with a skeptical tone. Anyway this was interesting to me because most people tend to overly support youngster's into entrepreneurship but this looked more realistic and practical.
- austenallred 11y ago
  > It looked like you are also confirming PG's observation but you ended with a skeptical tone. Both of these things are necessary on HN if you want to maximize the number of upvotes.
  - arbabu 11y ago
    I'm also excited about my first comment with 4 upvotes :P
- danellis 11y ago
  Agreeing with the principle and disagreeing with the number, I think.
  - GuiA 11y ago
    The thing is that the age he gives (23) is so low that it's at odds with the principle, the same way as if I said "kids should wait till they're a bit older to drink alcohol, like after 8 years old" and someone disagreed and said 18 years old is a better age, they wouldn't just be agreeing with the principle and disagreeing with the number.