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I'm sorry but this represents everything that's wrong with the industry and why I sometimes find it hard to take startup people seriously. This sort of behavior
by iamleppert 15y ago
I'm sorry but this represents everything that's wrong with the industry and why I sometimes find it hard to take startup people seriously. This sort of behavior, which is reckless and illogical (not to mention unsafe) should not be rewarded. It should be seen as a vain attempt at attention seeking. It's clear you have other options at making the move. If you have your heart set on being here, that's fine. Do the move in a controlled and logical way that makes sense. Just like you should be building your startup.
Instead of pulling stunts like living in a car, you need to wow us by creating an awesome product that people love, that solves a real-world problem. Investors, VCs, and other devs respect that. Not for being the startup world cliche poster child of living in your car in Palo Alto.
All through your article you rarely mentioned your product or business, or why you think it's so great you're willing to go to these lengths and accept this sort of risk that crosses the line of what most people would consider sane. You didn't say how much you believe in it, only a thinly-veiled illusion that somehow meeting the "right people" in SV will make the difference for you. If that's what your belief system is based upon, I'm sorry to say you're in for a rude awakening.
And for the people that say this "will be a great experience". That is rubbish. Moving a few 100 miles away to SV to build an iphone app out of your car is not great or cool. I know some people doing that at startups right now that get paid and have a nice apartment in SF and are miserable.
If you really want to have a great experience, spend it in a foreign country learning about another culture. Travel around Europe. Be homeless (coach surf) there. That, I assure you, will be a far better experience and leave you a much richer person than spending your days buried in Xcode in the back of your Honda Civic.