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It's not that cautionary. If you went to jwz right now and asked him "If you went back in time and, knowing everything you know now about how much pain would be

by harryh 15y ago

It's not that cautionary. If you went to jwz right now and asked him "If you went back in time and, knowing everything you know now about how much pain would be involved, would you sign up with Netscape again?" I bet you he'd say yes. "But who said everything has to be fun? Pain builds character. (Sometimes it builds products, too.)"

kamaal 15y ago
>>"But who said everything has to be fun? Pain builds character. (Sometimes it builds products, too.)" Exactly. In fact all fun thing is said to make your position look a little good. Its not good if you depict the path to success as a painful journey. To make your story glorious you need to look like a hero and for that you need depict accomplishments in the most glorious way and make them seem effortless(fun). Imagine a situation, if you are giving an advice to a young man. You will rather tell him to work on things he likes to work(fun) than on the ones he doesn't like. Although this is the advice in theory you would like to give. Deep within yourself you know very well, doing something big will require you to do stuff you don't like to do. Undergo, pain and sacrifice which you wouldn't like to endure normally. Also 'struggle' is one the reasons most normal people are OK with their normal lives. I think most people just lack the required level of motivation and desire to overcome the pain to undergo the 'struggle' in the path to success. Most people just drop the plan to work hard calling it 'not worth it'. People like to believe in a easy way out. They like to believe luck exists. Because that will give them an unfair advantage over others. That is, they can get rich even without working. Hardwork is so inglorious, it make success look obvious. And moreover when you look at the big picture. It looks karma.
- hugoestr 15y ago
  It is not enough. Luck has a lot to do with it. It is so upsetting to believe the role that luck has we come up with these fairy tales that if you just work yourself into an early health problems you will be rewarded with riches. But let's remember the basics, you can work this hard, yet most start up fail.
diego 15y ago
I asked him, here's his response. http://twitter.com/#!/jwz/status/141017942639902720 http://twitter.com/#!/jwz/status/141017942639902720
- statictype 15y ago
  No reply? Show's a blank screen for me.
  - delta1 15y ago
    [quote] I will instead answer the question you should be asking. A: "No." Q: "Should I believe to VCs who tell me what's good for me?" [/quote]
- jgeralnik 15y ago
  The beauty of the internet. What would X say? Just ask him!

by harryh 15y ago

kamaal 15y ago

>>"But who said everything has to be fun? Pain builds character. (Sometimes it builds products, too.)" Exactly. In fact all fun thing is said to make your position look a little good. Its not good if you depict the path to success as a painful journey. To make your story glorious you need to look like a hero and for that you need depict accomplishments in the most glorious way and make them seem effortless(fun). Imagine a situation, if you are giving an advice to a young man. You will rather tell him to work on things he likes to work(fun) than on the ones he doesn't like. Although this is the advice in theory you would like to give. Deep within yourself you know very well, doing something big will require you to do stuff you don't like to do. Undergo, pain and sacrifice which you wouldn't like to endure normally. Also 'struggle' is one the reasons most normal people are OK with their normal lives. I think most people just lack the required level of motivation and desire to overcome the pain to undergo the 'struggle' in the path to success. Most people just drop the plan to work hard calling it 'not worth it'. People like to believe in a easy way out. They like to believe luck exists. Because that will give them an unfair advantage over others. That is, they can get rich even without working. Hardwork is so inglorious, it make success look obvious. And moreover when you look at the big picture. It looks karma.

hugoestr 15y ago
It is not enough. Luck has a lot to do with it. It is so upsetting to believe the role that luck has we come up with these fairy tales that if you just work yourself into an early health problems you will be rewarded with riches. But let's remember the basics, you can work this hard, yet most start up fail.

diego 15y ago

I asked him, here's his response. http://twitter.com/#!/jwz/status/141017942639902720 http://twitter.com/#!/jwz/status/141017942639902720

statictype 15y ago
No reply? Show's a blank screen for me.
- delta1 15y ago
  [quote] I will instead answer the question you should be asking. A: "No." Q: "Should I believe to VCs who tell me what's good for me?" [/quote]
jgeralnik 15y ago
The beauty of the internet. What would X say? Just ask him!