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If you are rich it is easy to take risks. If you have to work at a frustrating you hate job 9-5 and somehow find the energy to keep working on side projects it
by dirtybirdnj 7y ago
If you are rich it is easy to take risks. If you have to work at a frustrating you hate job 9-5 and somehow find the energy to keep working on side projects it will take exponentially longer to reach viability versus someone who has the financial opportunity to work on it full time.
Young people are not rich. No shit they aren't taking risks because they either have no capital / opportunity to do so... or they are busy turning the gears for minimal payment without any promise real career advancement.
- WilliamEdward 7y agoThis is the real answer, unfortunately it is lost on the majority of hackernews who were probably wealthy enough as young people to not have to worry about things like this.
- ravenstine 7y agoIn a way, the opposite can also be said, but only if you have no kids. If you're not rich, that also means you don't have much to lose. Whereas, if you've got a personal empire to maintain, with a husband/wife, kids, a home, 2 cards, etc., you're less inclined to do anything to upset the balance of that system. But if you have no kids and you aren't rich, the worst thing that can usually happen is having to sleep on a friend's couch for a while and eat lots of ramen noodles, which may not be far off from the lifestyle you're used to.