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Ask HN: 'What do you want to be?' How to explain you want to start startups?
(for the teenagers like myself)
- dools 16y agoPassionate, excited, committed and successful.
- kirvyteo 16y agoI just like to build new things, like creating your own art, something to call your own. Sometimes it solves a real problem, sometimes it is just something you feel the world needs. I like the challenge of trying to sell it. The money that may come with it is great and it is a way to keep score. Some like the fame and attention it brings but others just prefer to be known quietly and proudly as the creator. Whatever it is, it is probably one of the coolest thing you will ever do.
- anigbrowl 16y agoYou say 'I want to run my own software business.' Be warned, this will annoy some people.
- nkassis 16y agoIt's just because your are a teenager that you have issues with getting people to understand wanting to start on your own. Just tell hem what you want to do and if they don't get it well, even my mom thinks I'm nuts. She keeps telling me how she doesn't understand that I have a degree and know a lot about computers but I make way less then her friends working as a tech support guy for a large corp with a 2 year associates degree. All I can do is hope she will understand one day when it works. If it doesn't well, can't win all the battles.
- whatevers2009 16y agoSay "I want to be an entrepreneur".
- mrschwabe 16y agoTell people you have a bold vision of the future. And that you're planning the launch of a company to make it happen. (btw, if you don't have a bold vision of the future start thinking harder)
- jmonegro 16y agoI'd say the harder you think, the harder it gets.
- niico 16y agoI used to be a teenager not to long ago. (Im 21 now) But I started just like you did. I wouldnt worry about how to tell that you wanna start a startup. Just start it. This is the only way they will understand or maybe accept that THAT is what you want to do with the rest of your life.