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Posts like this always essentially boil down to one statement: "The startup (in the pg sense of the term) lifestyle is not for me." And that's ok. For most pe
by seehafer 14y ago
Posts like this always essentially boil down to one statement:
"The startup (in the pg sense of the term) lifestyle is not for me."
And that's ok. For most people, making a dent in the universe is not an existential need.
- dusing 14y ago99.9999% of startups are not denting anything, or really even trying to.
- oinksoft 14y agoI always forget the name of that startup where Torvalds wrote Linux ... he couldn't have made a dent without a startup, could he?
- dmor 14y agoyou don't have to have a startup to make a dent, but if you make your goal "work 30 hours a week with a nice salary" to doubt you will achieve anything close to creating Linux
- olalonde 14y agoBut the same reasoning applies. What was Torvald's "expected value" at the time he wrote Linux? Probably -XXXXX$ if we factor in opportunity cost.
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- melanie_io 14y agoOR, most people realize that building a wildly successful photo app / car sharing service / daily deal site does not 'make a dent in the universe.'
- olalonde 14y ago"wildly successful" is usually a good proxy for "make a dent in the universe" (assuming he/she didn't literally mean physically denting the universe).