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> VC funded YC company taught me more ... really is a bit of a Neo in the Matrix moment ... ends up making you a 10x more effective corporate worker if that’s w
by ignoramous 1mo ago
> VC funded YC company taught me more ... really is a bit of a Neo in the Matrix moment ... ends up making you a 10x more effective corporate worker if that’s where you end up
No doubt there are learnings worth a lifetime, and changes that alter careers. You hope, the sense of superiority the experience seems to breed is not merely a coping mechanism, but an exercise in positive self-image [0]
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34053801 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34053801
- pj_mukh 1mo ago“the sense of superiority the experience seems to breed” Mostly an extremely online problem, not a real world one. More so the nature of the medium in fact. Evidenced by how you edited out the “dead” in front of VC funded when you were quoting me. You read the tone you want to read.
- ignoramous 1mo ago> Mostly an extremely online problem Do consider re-reading my comment after a while. > You read the tone you want to read. Please, don't gaslight.
- pj_mukh 1mo ago“the sense of superiority the experience seems to breed" I dont know how re-reading is going to help me see this sentence differently. I am just telling you my lived experience shows me this prior is simply not true. That's all.