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Good post but i think a lot of this i caused by HN.

"Get out there and sell something now!"

"Look what wicked awesome thing I made in a weekend (weekend wink wink nudge nudge)!"

"Make sure you know when to pivot/give up!"

"With adwords yo can validate a market/channel/idea in just a couple days!"



Ha, you're very observant.

I love HN; it's one of my main sources of information. But there is an incredible sense of impatience created by all these stories of rapid success.

Overnight success is the exception, not the rule.


It's also caused by more traditional media outlets too.

"Top X entrepreneurs under 20"

"Website X was making $50k/mo in 6 months"

"I just tinkered on the iPhone a bit and now I'm making $2k a day on this little app"

I love the NY Times, but they're chock full of this crap. I guess nobody wants to read a story about "I worked 2 years for nothing, now I'm making slightly more than nothing. Maybe in another 5 years I'll be making enough to equal a decent entry level programming job at MegaCorp."




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