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How to work on cool stuff
- thamer 17y agoTwo anecdotes ≠ general rule.
- Silentio 17y agoI was thinking the same until I got to the end of the post: >Don’t worry about building the next Google or making lots of money, because you’ll probably fail. But the lessons you learn and the connections you make will be worth it. The general spirit of the piece is good.
- burke 17y ago"The plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data'" --Frank Kotsonis
- iamelgringo 17y agoAnyone know if Vimagi got acquired by Facebook, or did Yariv just create a Vimagi facebook app?
- tophat02 17y agoI really love hearing advice from people who just "took the risk" and quit their job. It's one thing to take a risk, but what I want to know is how they could actually DO it and still, you know, pay the mortgage and pay for food and such. Is it just that they accumulate massive savings for just this purpose, or what?
- jacoblyles 17y agoAs a single person, $5,000 is 3 months of leisure. That's hardly unatainable.
- apgwoz 17y agohe mentioned having a mortgage. Assuming a 300,000 house, 30 year mortgage at 5.7% or so, that's gotta be at least $2300. $5000, won't last more than 1.5 months in that situation.
- jacoblyles 17y agoMy dad's mortgage payment is less than my rent payment. But I suppose if you assume living in an overpriced California suburb, then yes, it is hard to do.