Does anyone else get tired of "What are these people thinking?" comments? Or anyone with an "I have all the answers, everyone else must be crazy or a moron beca

Does anyone else get tired of "What are these people thinking?" comments? Or anyone with an "I have all the answers, everyone else must be crazy or a moron because christ look at what they're doing" attitude? People use Ruby on Rails and still go after VC funding might just do so because they need it. Or maybe not! Maybe they want some sort of prestige, or maybe they're scared, or maybe they just want the experience. Who cares? There is such a loud din on the Internet about the right method to follow, or in this case the right "wheels" and the right "car". Most of these articles do not reference any real supporting research, but instead rely on the author's vague intuition. The author of this article, Giles Bowkett, is talking about people who haven't failed yet - so who's to say if their picking up a serial entrepreneur founder wasn't a wise decision? My computer chair advice: use your own brain. Precisely identify the problems you need to solve and the questions you need to answer. For example, one of my problems is that it's difficult for me to focus on side projects in my spare time while doing client work. To solve this problem I'll need seed funding so that I won't have to do client work while I work on the project I really want to do. Thus, I've applied to ycombinator (and have experienced 7 days of stomach churning apprehension hoping I'll be accepted). This doesn't make me illiterate, nor does it mean I have to go memorize Getting Real. It just means I'm relying on my own judgment.