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Ha, I noticed this part in the twitter thread: > Yahoo offered $125 million > As a financially-insecure immigrant, I knew this deal would change my life. I e
by khazhoux 5y ago
Ha, I noticed this part in the twitter thread:
> Yahoo offered $125 million
> As a financially-insecure immigrant, I knew this deal would change my life.
I enjoyed how he specifically qualified that this was a lot of money for a "financially-insecure immigrant." Um... no. This is a lot of money for 99.999% of human beings on the planet.
A good read though.
- prewett 5y agoAnother interpretation is "[because] I was a financially-insecure immigrant, I knew this deal would change my life [by clearly achieving the financial security I had been constantly worrying about and seeking to get][and therefore I was nervous that the deal might not happen]". It's not that the amount of money was larger for him than other people, but that having $125m/n founders was so clearly financially secure.
- khazhoux 5y agoSure, I suppose it could have meant "Because I had no financial security, I would have agreed to any large amount of money." Instead, I read it as a rather amusing statement of "Because I struggled financially, I would truly appreciate $125 million dollars." Lol, no -- anyone who isn't born filthy rich, would appreciate that kind of money. But overall it was a fun story to read. The above just struck me as an unconscious almost-defense, to justify the huge piles of money founders can get in silicon valley.