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Privileged person decides to try hand at entrepreneurship, congratulates self for courage. Reading these is the textual equivalent of watching someone jerk o

Privileged person decides to try hand at entrepreneurship, congratulates self for courage. Reading these is the textual equivalent of watching someone jerk off.

jjtheblunt 15y ago
agreed, sadly.
kevinskii 15y ago
A person who spends his childhood as a poor immigrant and then goes on to achieve considerable financial success through hard work and merit is "accomplished," not "privileged." That he would be willing to risk everything on a startup is indeed courageous.
- acangiano 15y ago
  It's such a sad spectacle to see petty jealousy (or at least lack of empathy) by commenters here. As someone who grew up in a poor family and is now an immigrant, I can confirm that anything you achieve is earned and accomplished. There is no privilege, just because one manages to make 6 figures a year through hard work. OP has balls, big ones, to give up such a good job to try his hand at a startup.
- ca136 15y ago
  As other people have mentioned, it's a lot easier to try a startup when you've had a chance to save money from a $250,000 salary. Plus, you have the experience working for a big PE firm so you know you can always find another great job. I love hearing these stories, but his 'risk' wasn't really as great as someone who quits an $80,000 job with $10,000 in savings. I know that story too well :)
  - tzuptzup 15y ago
    Indeed, but still, you gotta give him some credit. Not sure that I would take a shot at entrepreneurship given a comfy six figure salary.
  - polyfractal 15y ago
    On the flipside, someone who makes very little also knows how to live with very little. I make $30k and have $5k in the bank - I am not terribly worried about quitting my job in the near future. I already make garbage salary, living off my own savings won't be very different.
bigsassy 15y ago
Man, I am getting tired of people shitting all over an article and getting rewarded with top comment status. Note, I didn't say "giving a critical critique". That's fine and should be encouraged. But this is just slinging mud for the sake of it. Comments like this offer no value. Maybe it doesn't deserve a downvote, but it certainly shouldn't be #1. EDIT - Just realized this post may technically not have the most votes, but since I can't see the score I have no way of knowing. I still stand by everything I said otherwise.
- derefr 15y ago
  Some people just want to downvote the article itself, but there's no option to do that here—so when they see a comment expressing the semantic equivalent of "shit sux", they upvote that instead, for the same feeling of justice.
akat 15y ago
I don't have down vote privileges, but you just lived up to your handle. Idle words indeed. -1
AltIvan 15y ago
No straight male gets sexually exited when they watch other male jerking off. But many people dreaming about starting their own company will find this really exiting and inspiring. And seriously, i can't believe that this (probably) is the most upvoted comment in this article.

Privileged person decides to try hand at entrepreneurship, congratulates self for courage. Reading these is the textual equivalent of watching someone jerk off.

jjtheblunt 15y ago

agreed, sadly.

kevinskii 15y ago

A person who spends his childhood as a poor immigrant and then goes on to achieve considerable financial success through hard work and merit is "accomplished," not "privileged." That he would be willing to risk everything on a startup is indeed courageous.

acangiano 15y ago
It's such a sad spectacle to see petty jealousy (or at least lack of empathy) by commenters here. As someone who grew up in a poor family and is now an immigrant, I can confirm that anything you achieve is earned and accomplished. There is no privilege, just because one manages to make 6 figures a year through hard work. OP has balls, big ones, to give up such a good job to try his hand at a startup.
ca136 15y ago
As other people have mentioned, it's a lot easier to try a startup when you've had a chance to save money from a $250,000 salary. Plus, you have the experience working for a big PE firm so you know you can always find another great job. I love hearing these stories, but his 'risk' wasn't really as great as someone who quits an $80,000 job with $10,000 in savings. I know that story too well :)
- tzuptzup 15y ago
  Indeed, but still, you gotta give him some credit. Not sure that I would take a shot at entrepreneurship given a comfy six figure salary.
- polyfractal 15y ago
  On the flipside, someone who makes very little also knows how to live with very little. I make $30k and have $5k in the bank - I am not terribly worried about quitting my job in the near future. I already make garbage salary, living off my own savings won't be very different.

bigsassy 15y ago

Man, I am getting tired of people shitting all over an article and getting rewarded with top comment status. Note, I didn't say "giving a critical critique". That's fine and should be encouraged. But this is just slinging mud for the sake of it. Comments like this offer no value. Maybe it doesn't deserve a downvote, but it certainly shouldn't be #1. EDIT - Just realized this post may technically not have the most votes, but since I can't see the score I have no way of knowing. I still stand by everything I said otherwise.

derefr 15y ago
Some people just want to downvote the article itself, but there's no option to do that here—so when they see a comment expressing the semantic equivalent of "shit sux", they upvote that instead, for the same feeling of justice.

akat 15y ago

I don't have down vote privileges, but you just lived up to your handle. Idle words indeed. -1

AltIvan 15y ago

No straight male gets sexually exited when they watch other male jerking off. But many people dreaming about starting their own company will find this really exiting and inspiring. And seriously, i can't believe that this (probably) is the most upvoted comment in this article.