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I was self employed for about 10 years until one of the startups I did along the way turned into something and now I have to work there.
by damon_c 3y ago
I was self employed for about 10 years until one of the startups I did along the way turned into something and now I have to work there.
- upupupandaway 3y agoThis reads quite funny: “god damn it, one of my projects was successful, so it ruined the fun”
- jacquesm 3y agoThat's exactly how it goes though. You put something together on an idle Tuesday evening and you end up as the person running a 30 people company if you're not very careful about it. Success has a massive price tag.
- XCSme 3y agoThanks for fueling my success anxiety.
- jacquesm 3y agoYW :) Here's to hoping you succeed. The thing I messed up: personal relationships due to business success.
- XCSme 3y agoThanks! I was actually writing exactly this in another comment above: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39268994 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39268994 As someone with a likely ADHD, it's very hard to plan for multiple things in my head, I can usually focus only on one big event at a time: product release, party event, plan romantic date, etc. So, usually I do have to choose onlu one thing to prioritize in the short-term.
- jacquesm 3y agoApologies for the late answer. I'm 58 and I still struggle with this. Time management, especially with multiple high priority competing interests is super hard, more so when there are other people involved.