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Surprisingly insightful! I half expected to be shaking my head thinking "oh, the follies of youth, he'll learn the hard way" - but this is a really good list.

AstralStorm 8y ago
Missed the most important one: learning from others instead of making mistakes yourself. (And the general list lacks humility - apparently no CEO can be humble anymore ever. Overconfidence rules.)
- oceanman888 8y ago
  So that is the current state in SV now huh?(Aren't there suppose to be several charisma type for leading?) Only humid CEO that I can think of is pintrest founder.
  - noir_lord 8y ago
    He is warm and damp? I kid, what in particular makes him humble?.
    - joejerryronnie 8y ago
      "The night was sultry"
- noir_lord 8y ago
  A saying I like. > Experience is learning from your mistakes, wisdom is learning from other peoples I apply this as much as I can, for example when looking at a new technology I bypass the people raving about it and look for the negative cases first. I don't immediately accept whatever they say as valid but I do take notice. It helps me avoid falling for the hype around "new and shiny".
  - Mtinie 8y ago
    I agree, it’s a very valuable way to look at things. I appreciate the assertion because it requires (a least) two steps: * Introspection — A recognition of mistakes made where you had a part, and the ability to translate that learning into future beneficial actions, * Extrospection — A recognition and study of peers’ actions and outcomes and how these are applicable to your own life. John Maxwell offers a variation on the theme which goes one step further: “It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.”
  - Clubber 8y ago
    I agree with that, but for the longest time, and I still believe it somewhat, is if you learn the hard way, you will understand the mistake completely and will perhaps learn more than if you just took someone's advise. Of course this only applies to little mistakes and not life changing ones.
developer2 8y ago
Point #10: "Best solution I found after 9.5 years...". The list was compiled by a ~30 year old, with a decade's worth of experience. The HN title focusing on "CEO at 20" missed that context. In any case, the list itself is insightful.
- sundvor 8y ago
  Great clarification.

AstralStorm 8y ago

Missed the most important one: learning from others instead of making mistakes yourself. (And the general list lacks humility - apparently no CEO can be humble anymore ever. Overconfidence rules.)

oceanman888 8y ago
So that is the current state in SV now huh?(Aren't there suppose to be several charisma type for leading?) Only humid CEO that I can think of is pintrest founder.
- noir_lord 8y ago
  He is warm and damp? I kid, what in particular makes him humble?.
  - joejerryronnie 8y ago
    "The night was sultry"
noir_lord 8y ago
A saying I like. > Experience is learning from your mistakes, wisdom is learning from other peoples I apply this as much as I can, for example when looking at a new technology I bypass the people raving about it and look for the negative cases first. I don't immediately accept whatever they say as valid but I do take notice. It helps me avoid falling for the hype around "new and shiny".
- Mtinie 8y ago
  I agree, it’s a very valuable way to look at things. I appreciate the assertion because it requires (a least) two steps: * Introspection — A recognition of mistakes made where you had a part, and the ability to translate that learning into future beneficial actions, * Extrospection — A recognition and study of peers’ actions and outcomes and how these are applicable to your own life. John Maxwell offers a variation on the theme which goes one step further: “It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others's successes.”
- Clubber 8y ago
  I agree with that, but for the longest time, and I still believe it somewhat, is if you learn the hard way, you will understand the mistake completely and will perhaps learn more than if you just took someone's advise. Of course this only applies to little mistakes and not life changing ones.

developer2 8y ago

Point #10: "Best solution I found after 9.5 years...". The list was compiled by a ~30 year old, with a decade's worth of experience. The HN title focusing on "CEO at 20" missed that context. In any case, the list itself is insightful.

sundvor 8y ago
Great clarification.