This has been mentioned in comments before but it hasn't been submitted before and is worthy of a read. The quote out of The 4HWW that excitement is what we sh

This has been mentioned in comments before but it hasn't been submitted before and is worthy of a read. The quote out of The 4HWW that excitement is what we should pursue, not happiness really hit home. Some links I found relevant while going over older HN articles: Comment by Fallentimes quoting Tom Preston-Werner: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=338357 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=338357 Source of said comment: http://tom.preston-werner.com/2008/10/18/how-i-turned-down-300k.html http://tom.preston-werner.com/2008/10/18/how-i-turned-down-3... Comment by Keyist: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=849855 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=849855 Comment by jodrellblank: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1036228 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1036228 Related article by Reg Braithwaite: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=589200 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=589200