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I'm not sure it's fair to point to a trend from a sample set of one. The other guy was killed in a car crash; it'd be pretty hard to peg that to being part of
by wheels 17y ago
I'm not sure it's fair to point to a trend from a sample set of one. The other guy was killed in a car crash; it'd be pretty hard to peg that to being part of a startup.
- vaksel 17y agosure you can...working long hours, not getting enough sleep, paying a little bit less attention the road, you can easily link that one to startups
- dhs 17y agoAgain, look at our poll: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=849650 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=849650 This is not "a sample set of one". There's a pattern here.
- wheels 17y agoPolls in the past here have also shown that most of the readers of HN are not involved in startups. There's also a big difference between "being in a funk" and killing yourself. This situation is truly tragic, and I believe we'd all like to understand what exactly pushed Dan over the edge -- we'd like for there to be a reason that could somehow be instructive -- but from the information out there, we don't have that. As such, it's really a reach to assume that this is because he's a founder.
- yters 17y agoUh, ever notice how interested HN people are in articles about depression?
- bh23ha 17y agoEver notice how all people and certainly all internet communities are fascinated by depression?