I think this piece is important commentary (satire) as brown9-2 wrote, because it's an emperor's-new-clothes reality check on the startup ego/culture. It's mea

I think this piece is important commentary (satire) as brown9-2 wrote, because it's an emperor's-new-clothes reality check on the startup ego/culture. It's meant to say "do you know how you sound? you sound like this." Yes it can be hard to get harsh, critical, no sugar coating feedback like this, but isn't that what the HN is all about? Better to have someone clue you in to this sooner than to have everyone snickering at you behind your back. With this market feedback, original OP can now pivot & expand, so to speak. ;)