There's a lot of timing, luck, market fit, retrying. The whole story is never a sample-size of one. Hacker News is pretty good at portraying those who failed

There's a lot of timing, luck, market fit, retrying. The whole story is never a sample-size of one. Hacker News is pretty good at portraying those who failed five times in a row, those who give up after trying for years, those who seem to get it, and those who persevere.