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This guys dad crossed the Pacific Ocean, immigrating to the US without speaking english - how is that not a huge fucking risk Mom was so proud of her son - he
by foogazi 6y ago
This guys dad crossed the Pacific Ocean, immigrating to the US without speaking english - how is that not a huge fucking risk
Mom was so proud of her son - he was successful just by walking out the door every day to pursue his dream
Is the measure of success to build a unicorn ? Going to Mars ? A billion dollar exit ? Or raising a kid that can thrive in this world ?
Everyone is measured differently
- AstralStorm 6y agoUltimately, the success is not ending up homeless, without healthcare and food. Plain old survival. (And for populations, replacement level demographics or better.) Families, especially big ones, both temporarily stack and mitigate this risk. How many immigrants ended up in perpetual precariousness? Or worse?
- alphabettsy 6y agoI was speaking generally, not about one particular exceptional person. For every amazing story like that one there are 10 more who had such dreams, made one mistake and never made it.
- foogazi 6y agoI get that, and I know this is HN, but you don’t need a full ride at Stanford + be a founder to be a successful person
- coolgeek 6y agoYou also need to be able to pay your rent, food and health insurance while you change direction. Any improvement plan takes time, and carries the risk of failure. It's easy to get - and to remain - stuck. You don't/can't viscerally understand that if you've never been in that position. It's easy to tell someone to just do x, y and z. It's not easy to do x, y and z when there is a substantial risk of catastrophic failure.