most people on this site are younger...when you are 22-25, you can afford to invest 2-3 years into chasing a dream. Pretty much everyone does it, you have the

most people on this site are younger...when you are 22-25, you can afford to invest 2-3 years into chasing a dream. Pretty much everyone does it, you have the people in the band waiting to get big, you have people with liberal arts majors trying to find a job in their field, you have people back packing through Europe...it's just the rebellious phase of trying to avoid being a cog in the machine. Eventually(28-30) people either succeed or fail, and if they fail, they go get that life sucking corporate job and settle for a life of mediocrity. I do find that HN tends to focus way too much on overnight success, most people jump from one idea to the next waiting for that instant homerun.