Lucky for me, my dad has been self-employed since I can remember, so I've always had a very central influence in my life that said much the same thing PG does a

Lucky for me, my dad has been self-employed since I can remember, so I've always had a very central influence in my life that said much the same thing PG does about working for someone else versus yourself. I got lucky on my first business at 19 and I'm now 27 and still running it, but I'm also working on a new startup as well. When I started, I didn't know what I was doing, I just went for it, and I've learnt the hard way much of the way through. So when I first started reading PG's essays years ago, I connected immediately with the ideas and with his natural inquisitiveness about the process. You can learn so much from other peoples' experiences. And he definitely exudes a sincerity that I think is hard to fake and hard to come by too. PG and co have also created an invaluable resource in the HN community and in PG's writing as a resource to connect people who share the same desire for independence and creating great things. To me, there's no question that that has significant value for many people.