I agree that this is not an exceptionally insightful blogpost. With that in mind, wrapping this in <rant> tags is a lot like being the person who says "I apolo

I agree that this is not an exceptionally insightful blogpost. With that in mind, wrapping this in <rant> tags is a lot like being the person who says "I apologize in advance if I act like an ass today but..." It doesn't matter how that person prefaces it, they're still an ass. Extending empathy and understanding to your need to rant requires of us the same level of effort as the inverse: you extending some understanding to a group of people steeped in a culture of entrepreneurship-as-the-everyday, and understanding why that might not mean "self-aggrandizement" but instead mean "the way people I know talk" in a very benign, even banal, way. >almost every programmer I know must be an entrepreneur. When did the bar get so low? Probably before you were born. See the old quote about Americans being a country where everyone walks around thinking of themselves as "temporarily embarrassed millionaires". The word choice has changed, but the sentiment is nothing new. Past that, you made me think critically for a while about the question "What if the people, who require temporary ego inflation to consider taking action, stop giving themselves that luxury?" and after some contemplation, I hope they don't stop. I hope they keep on keeping on. I also hope (as you do) that they will be a bit less insufferable in how they describe it afterward. But I don't want them to stop trying. Besides, Side Projects are Never Successful anyway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch3oW550adA&t=3m39s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch3oW550adA&t=3m39s