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Although it's a nice success story, you are marginalizing the majority of Americans and, in fact, the majority of people in the tech world, that has to spend a
by njoubert 18y ago
Although it's a nice success story, you are marginalizing the majority of Americans and, in fact, the majority of people in the tech world, that has to spend a considerable amount of time and effort just to make ends meet. Paying your way through college and dealing with the current lack of jobs means that I can't necessarily just work on what I love and I have to make concessions. It has nothing to do with whether I want to contribute something of worth to society while doing something I love. Its about the hope of being able to do those things without having to wonder whether I'll make it to the end of the month.
- peregrine 18y agoI totally agree. Like I can spend all my time working on a startup when I work 20hours in a week as an intern and do a very high load class schedule. I keep telling myself someday...
- ryanwaggoner 18y agoTwo pieces of unsolicited advice: 1. You make your own choices, and there's always tradeoffs. It sounds like you've decided that a busy internship and a high load class schedule are more important to you than working on a startup. Own that decision...you'll own the consequences. If you don't feel it's the right path, change it. 2. Be careful about telling yourself someday...it can easily turn into never. Not saying there's not better times for some things than others, but lean towards taking messy plunges rather than waiting for the stars to align.
- jmtulloss 18y agoI agree. Right out of school I took the plunge and it didn't work out. Now I have a decent job and a comfortable life. I'm happy to do that for a while and then take another plunge when the Next Big Thing comes along. After all, the first one didn't kill me, why would the second?
- Tichy 18y agoI don't get it. It sounds as if somebody is forcing you to do an internship and go to class. Who is it? Who are you complaining to?
- fallentimes 18y agoWhere you are right now, is nothing more than your _own_ decisions and responses to the environment around you.
- gruseom 18y agoHow is he "marginalizing" anybody? He built a business doing something that he loved, it succeeded (<-- probably not a coincidence), and now he wants to do it again. Do you think it was handed to him on a stick? I don't. I bet he had to fight like hell. Unless I'm misreading you, you appear to be saying "that guy had options I don't have". In my opinion, that's the kind of mentality that causes a person to "marginalize" himself.