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> Want to be a rock star? Spend years learning to play an instrument, playing in dive bars and making demo tapes. Get a break then play the same 4 hit songs for
by md224 13y ago
> Want to be a rock star? Spend years learning to play an instrument, playing in dive bars and making demo tapes. Get a break then play the same 4 hit songs for 20 years.
Wait, what? Is this supposed to be inspirational? Suffering for "success" to find yourself "playing the same 4 hit songs for 20 years"? It feels like this actually undermines the rest of your argument, so I'm kind of confused what you were going for here.
- bane 13y agoWell, do you want to play new songs or be a rock star? "Being" a rock star isn't all about jamming new tunes. Understanding what your goals are actually about, instead of idealizing them is just as important to figure out where to best put your efforts. Even after you "make it", it doesn't mean there's still isn't drudgery involved. A little meta, but HN sometimes almost veers into the "get rich quick" thinking, where somebody works for a month or two to assemble a picture sharing app or something, then expects to sell for a billion and wear unbuttoned oxford shirts and angel invest from their beachfront house in Hawaii for the rest of their life. There's hard work in everything and even when you "make it", there's still hard work involved.
- kbutler 13y agoParallel construction with the other items: Desirable goal? Drudgery, drudgery, drudgery... He's not trying to inspire so much as inform you of the entrance requirements for the various goals.
- foobarian 13y agoIs't more like the price you pay for getting to hook up with groupies the rest of your life.