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Doesn't Mark Bao miss riding dirt bikes, chasing gals, playing baseball.
by shashank261 16y ago
Doesn't Mark Bao miss riding dirt bikes, chasing gals, playing baseball.
- lachyg 16y agoWho says he doesn't do all of that? And also, where riding dirt bikes and playing basketball is your idea of fun, his may be programming, running startups and doing bizdev.
- axod 16y agoI'd say that you can start companies at any stage of life. You can start a company age 50, and probably have far more chance at success based on your extra knowledge. However, you can't really go to night clubs, chase girls, play dirt bikes etc age 50.
- acqq 16y ago> you can't really go to night clubs, chase girls, play dirt bikes etc age 50. I guess you're not older than, let's say, 25?
- axod 16y agoFWIW, I'm 32. I guess you can go chasing girls in night clubs when you're older, but it's way easier to do that stuff when you're young. Similarly it's possible for people to wait until their 40s to have kids, but I'd say it's far easier to have them when you're young and have the energy.
- rdl 16y agoI'd be interested in seeing a graph of difficulty of raising kids with age and income -- it probably depends on parenting style, but I think it would (will? maybe.) be easier for me to have kids at 40 with >$bignum than at 18 with $1k, assuming I'm in excellent health for my age (honestly, I'm healthier and more fit at 31 than I was ever before, and hopefully at 35 will be even more so -- not being into exercise early is probably my biggest regret).
- axod 16y agoMoney is fairly irrelevant to raising kids IMHO The key attributes are energy and time I think.
- rdl 16y agoCan't money be used to create time, either by not needing to work, or by paying people to provide goods and perform services?
- mistermann 16y agoThis is the correct answer. For example, when your stay at home wife is coming to the end of her rope, and you can decide on the spot to put your kid in a part time day home to give her some her-time, with no need to consider the cost, it makes life a lot easier. Ditto for so many other things in life. Whether a person should have to do this is another discussion entirely. ;(
- ido 16y agoHowever, you can't really go to night clubs, chase girls, play dirt bikes etc age 50. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt about the dirt bikes, but I know several people in their 40s who do those other things.
- Tom0472 16y agoMy uncle rides dirt bikes aged 54 and is the Scottish senior champ
- lachyg 16y agoI'm fairly sure you would 50 year olds that could do all of those.
- markbao 16y agoThanks for mibbit :) Somehow I still manage to fit in time for everything. [x] going to nightclubs [x] chasing girls (though at this stage a big waste of time, seriously) [x] dirt bikes [x] video games ...
- axod 16y agoThanks :) Cool, as long as you can fit in all you want to achieve in life it's all good. I spent a lot of my teens sat in front of a computer writing assembly language, and although infinitely enjoyable and useful to me now, I probably did miss out on some of the social aspects of being young (Not that I was particularly interested in those things at the time). The other thing is I started roller skating when I was about 30. I really wish I'd started learning when I was 20 or 10. Some things are just a lot easier when you're younger.
- smallhands 16y agomay be you are a scary good programmer now I may guess?
- shashank261 16y agoThanks, Mark. You have answered my question.:)
- psaintla 16y agoRichard Branson agrees completely, going to clubs, chasing girls, and dirt biking is too immature at 50. Girls chase him to go to his private island and do this: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/20/article-1171739-04888F37000005DC-717_470x419.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/20/article-1171739-04...
- axod 16y agoI think Branson may not typify the average human ;)
- smallhands 16y agowait somebody photoshoped the girl in right!
- smallhands 16y agowait somebody photoshoped the girl in right!
- csomar 16y agoConsidering that he has a business and therefore money, he's very likely to be able to do all these things and better than his peers.
- shashank261 16y agoAgreed, May be he is different
- klbarry 16y agoGreat comment - besides spending time with my girlfriend, nothing makes me happier than bizdev and planning (even if it's for another company rather than my own)