Why it's so hard to be a startupper (what I concluded after pondering Ev's "choose your game" post)

by NickDouglas • 19 years ago

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NickDouglas2• 19 years ago

By the way, am I posting more self-links than is good form? If so, my apologies, and I can cut back.

davidw• 19 years ago

If people don't like them, they won't vote for them. I think the "don't post your own stuff" is lame baggage from reddit. If you're starting a company, I don't think you can or should be ashamed to promote your work, when you've taken the time to create something you're pleased with.

bootload• 19 years ago

'... "Most people," I read, "have spent too much time convincing themselves that life has to be hard, a resignation to 9-to-5 drudgery..." ...'

Most people probably don't want the prospect of being summoned by a boss and told to sit. Just like a dog! ... (straight out of pg's startup '07' talk on ' ~ http://www.paulgraham.com/notnot.html )

'... I mean, if I'd turned down Gawker Media when they picked me to start Valleywag, I would have graduated, then found a job at a small newspaper ...'

This isn't a bad idea if you want to learn how to become a real Journalist. Where else are you going to be follow a story, learn how to research it and write it up?

'... Both want to stay in charge of their games longer instead of playing by someone else's rules ...'

And that is probably the best summary thing I've read today. I'd read the original article , "decide what game you're playing" ( http://tinyurl.com/2t2roe ) and didn't quite get it.

NickDouglas2• 19 years ago

Re: My would-be career in journalism:

I should have clarified. After Valleywag, I was courted (briefly; I wasn't too interested and they didn't push THAT hard) by several newspapers that I would have killed to get into back at college.

Why it's so hard to be a startupper (what I concluded after pondering Ev's "choose your game" post)

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