I guess PG is a genius. I realized a bit painfully, that I may be much mediocre in comparison. I know comparison is wrong/etc. But what the heck? I also wonder

I guess PG is a genius. I realized a bit painfully, that I may be much mediocre in comparison. I know comparison is wrong/etc. But what the heck? I also wonder now, that what I think (and say to friends) of as my life style business tech startup, is actually a Zombie? Did we really manage to hit the magic break even (revenue = comfortable salary + expenses). Hmm...But something in me tells me that, there's more to it, as my effort has been ongoing, although its little less than thrice of the time PG spent on Viaweb. One motivation, which also contributes to make me keep working in it, is my earlier partners, who still have a stake, and they contributed a lot, to this in the early years. Somehow, there's a feeling in me that they should get a good return on that effort. Which also means that my returns will be more, so its not a pure selfless line of thought there. Just some musings, after reading the very good interview transcript. And just want to assure that there is no irony/sarcasm in my post (I think, it may come across like that in the early part). And also no "sympathy" replies please. As I actually feel quite upbeat about things. Apologies for being tangential (if I have been), just felt like writing this.