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What bothers me about posts like this is the unspoken underlying assumption that the younger you are when you start, the more "valuable" you are as an entrepren
by unalone 17y ago
What bothers me about posts like this is the unspoken underlying assumption that the younger you are when you start, the more "valuable" you are as an entrepreneur. Like, if you start at 12 then you're a better person than you are if you start at 13. There's a similar age obsession in writing and in fencing, both of which I was involved in during high school. I find that certain other fields, music especially, are a bit more level-headed.
- ams6110 17y agoI don't know about music being level headed. It's not uncommon for parents who think their kid is a prodigy to have them in violin classes at age 3 or 4. I don't know if the music community itself thinks this is good or bad, though.
- unalone 17y agoPractice at a young age isn't a bad thing. But the music community, while it acknowledges prodigies, usually doesn't appreciate music more or less based on age. The first example that comes to mind is Chris Thile, who was in a Grammy Award-winning band at 12. He was a prodigy, yes, but he became famous not for that but for the music he produced.