What does getting high mean in this context? One additional thing I've noticed is that if you build technology, and it takes a while until it's ready enough so

What does getting high mean in this context? One additional thing I've noticed is that if you build technology, and it takes a while until it's ready enough so you can start making money -- then, your friends and acquaintances will eventually think that what you're doing is utterly silly and that you don't understand this, but that they do.