The startup roller coaster has gloomy and unhappy parts to it and also exhilarating parts to it.
Remember to have fun. Make it fun. Hire fun people.
Learn how to say no to business that isn't strategic but will bring in quick cashflow. Obligatory Jobs story
"“He said he was very impressed with what I had done, and that he agreed about the potential for the future, but ‘frankly I’m not interested in working with you on this.’ I asked why. He said: ‘You have to understand. This is something that nobody in the world yet understands. I can’t be distracted. I’m trying to make the best hammer I can make, the best hammer in the world. You can use my hammer to tear something down, or you can use it to build something up. I really don’t care what you do with my hammer. I just want to make the best possible hammer. And what you are doing is a wonderful bit of construction, but to me it’s a distraction.’"
The dev deathmarch needs the hours. But you dont have to be there tracking down production bugs at 1 am. Leave early and show your gratitude by springing for paid long weekend vacations to vegas or whatever.
some people dont get humanity. thats 14,526 years worth of people all over the world appreciating a cultural meme and from a country they didnt know much about. talk about breaking down barriers and cultural stereotypes. the motherboard became more powerful in the long run.
sorry, paul graham gets first the option to seed fund it. thats the gentlemanly thing to do, since this is his bulletin board. i'll explain to you how the world works in exchange for equity in that case.
look kids, the system is rigged. you dont organize, you dont form voting groups based on your issues, you dont get involved in politics, and when the rules bend the odds vehemently against you, you go to a social media website and bitch about it.
when are you losers going to wake the hell up?
and oh yeah, Aaron Shwartz, never forget.
edit: you know theres a business opportunity right there. you know crowd funding? how about crowd voting? that'll teach em.
Bashing z-cloud is unwarranted and irrelevant to the point you make. A piece of technology that saves a company millions of dollars has no place in your diatribe against its management or creative output.