> his friend wouldn’t be respected as much by the HN crowd because he’s an entrepreneur with a sustainable lifestyle business, not one that is based on hot cutt

> his friend wouldn’t be respected as much by the HN crowd because he’s an entrepreneur with a sustainable lifestyle business, not one that is based on hot cutting-edge tech, breaking new ground, or having the possibility of a 9-10 digit exit That is indeed what it says, but I've never seen anything to substantiate this. Lots of people are very curious about people who have side hustles, or side hustles that became main hustles. HN is a set of pretty un-herdlike individuals, and you're as likely to see someone who thinks socialism's a great idea as someone who thinks capitalism's lifted billions out of poverty.