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I've found it to be true in some situations. Yes, and false in others. We don't hear as much from the people that shoot for the moon and fail because they tend
by cageface 14y ago
I've found it to be true in some situations.
Yes, and false in others. We don't hear as much from the people that shoot for the moon and fail because they tend to keep quiet about it and slink back to their boring jobs and lives, if they still can.
Personally I'd like to hear more about the failures around here because the relentless cheerleading sounds phony and you can learn at least as much from the failures as the successes.
- alexshye 14y agoI bet that people who fail, while shooting for the moon, still learn a whole lot. The experience and knowledge should pay off and count for something, even when slinking back to a boring job. But I agree that it'd be nice to hear of lessons learned from more of the failures. Something is wrong when the majority of startups fail, but the majority of the popular blog posts are about success, or are from those who have succeeded. And now time for a shameless plug. To avoid the survivor bias, I started my blog when I quit my job: http://alexshye.wordpress.com/ http://alexshye.wordpress.com/. If I flame out, it will be documented on the inter webs :)
- freshnote 14y agoHN is every bit as "cliquey" as high school.