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I wrote an essay about this: http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html The relevant section is called "Two Routes." Linus seems
by pg 18y ago
I wrote an essay about this:
http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html
The relevant section is called "Two Routes."
Linus seems to have taken organic route, gradually
arranging his life so he could spend more time
on Linux. Startups are usually an instance
of the other strategy, the two-job route, of
which they are the most extreme form.
(For a few very lucky people, a startup can
also be one's life's work. But it's usually
all one can do to make a startup succeed without
also satisfying that constraint.)
- davidw 18y agoYes, I've read that essay, and liked it. What I'm getting at, though, is that isn't it possible that by taking the startup route, by the time you 'get there', yes, you have time to do whatever you want, but you've blown your chance to do something else?
- kirubakaran 18y agoNo matter what you do, you are blowing your chance to do everything else.