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PG may have become an investor and most newcomers may have forgotten this but before YC he was himself a hacker who started a company and became successful. No
by garry 10y ago
PG may have become an investor and most newcomers may have forgotten this but before YC he was himself a hacker who started a company and became successful.
Now years later, after having started a company through YC and then becoming a YC partner and now seeing this same kind of magic happen over and over again with hacker founders, I can't help but attest to the fact that his worldview has proven to be valuable.
The disillusioned worldview justifies lying on the floor. The essay's worldview prods you to get up.
- dongslol 10y agoI find it fascinating that people interpret his essays as elitist or "meritocratic" (in a dirty sense) when his basic message is optimistic: you, too, can start a startup. The whole self-serving thing, too. How does it make life better for him if more people who shouldn't start startups try? YC just gets more bad applications.
- amelius 10y ago> PG may have become an investor and most newcomers may have forgotten this but before YC he was himself a hacker who started a company and became successful. Yes, that is certainly laudable, but he may be suffering from survivor bias.
- jazoom 10y agoDoesn't sound like suffering to me