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Someone once told me that success and fame don't change a person. They merely amplify that person's qualities; you're still the same person. Also. One of the a
by kloncks 14y ago
Someone once told me that success and fame don't change a person. They merely amplify that person's qualities; you're still the same person.
Also. One of the advantages of Silicon Valley being an insular bubble at times is that however successful you might be, there's someone within a few square miles who has accomplished more. It's easy to get constantly humbled.
For every Drew Houston there's a Mark Pincus and for every Mark Pincus there's a Bill Campbell.
Obviously take everything I say here as just my own personal experience and my company is very very very early. But these are just some personal notes & thoughts.
- gojomo 14y agoAnd for every Houston, Pincus, and Campbell, there's a McAfee.
- sutro 14y agoWould that there were more McAfees.
- sontek 14y agoI think you a word
- georgemcbay 14y agoNope, no word missing there. "Would that there were" is a slightly archaic phrasing, but perfectly acceptable English.
- 1123581321 14y agoIt's a valid sentence that means the same as, "I would like the world to have in it more people like McAfee." Would is the verb and the clause following "that" is its object, and the (validly) missing "I" is the subject.
- ghyhh 14y agoB.S.
- sontek 14y agoand for every McAfee there is a Larry Page