5 ms·
Yes, from the article: "If you've worked with the spineless, you know how frustrating it can be to deal with their poisonous helplessness -- something that's o
by mbateman 16y ago
Yes, from the article:
"If you've worked with the spineless, you know how frustrating it can be to deal with their poisonous helplessness -- something that's only heightened in a startup where the most important thing you can do is not give up. And you'd better fucking believe that when you come home to a mother battling brain cancer and a father spending every waking hour taking care of her and running his own business, you don't complain, you don't cower, and you most certainly don't quit."
- randallsquared 16y agoYeah, I found it jarring that he took time out here to call someone he was working with at the time spineless.
- deleted 16y ago[deleted]
- abstractbill 16y agoI thought Alexis hit the nail squarely on the head with that paragraph actually. Helplessness really is poisonous.
- warp 16y agoI'm currently in a situation where I have such a person close to me. It was very helpful to have that pointed out again. I've managed to work 2 hours on my startup idea this evening. Whereas I otherwise probably would've given in to the demons ("it's 20:40 already.. too late to get anything useful done, I'll just play some videogames the rest of the evening").
- ekanes 16y agoI'm not sure he was referring to someone he was working with at the time.