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Stop feeling sorry for yourself, and get a full time job. You need to accept that you're not good enough to start your own company. It's okay, there are milli

Stop feeling sorry for yourself, and get a full time job. You need to accept that you're not good enough to start your own company. It's okay, there are millions of people like you, like me and most people on HN. Take a break, go on a vacation, and recharge your batteries. You have the skills to have a well-paid job, and a great life. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth just because you had a failed dream of being a millionaire through some startup. You can still have a great life from your skills, if you just step back and realize how lucky you are.

angersock 13y ago
Good enough don't enter into it--luck more than anything. The wrong product at the right time can help you laugh all the way to the bank, while the perfect product when nobody is buying will languish in obscurity.
- byrdk 13y ago
  To say being good enough doesn't enter is it just being ignorant of the facts. There's nothing lucky about spending years working hard building a product, finding users, building a team, dealing with problems. > "while the perfect product when nobody is buying will languish in obscurity" That's not "unlucky" at all. That's not researching the market properly.
killnine 13y ago
"need to accept that you're not good enough ..." - Are you kidding? 1) Dont ever put someone down like that 2) Just because you are a quitter doesn't mean other people are. Thank the heavens all the great men and woman who pushed through failure after failure before their success made a dent in this world don't think like you
prince_hakeem 13y ago
How dare you tell him what he can or can't do? You're a jerk. I seriously doubt he's not good enough. I watched 3 knuckleheads that are more lucky than good get lucky with a clever idea at the right time. Don't be the crab pulling him back into the box. I deplore when people act like you are doing here.

angersock 13y ago

Good enough don't enter into it--luck more than anything. The wrong product at the right time can help you laugh all the way to the bank, while the perfect product when nobody is buying will languish in obscurity.

byrdk 13y ago
To say being good enough doesn't enter is it just being ignorant of the facts. There's nothing lucky about spending years working hard building a product, finding users, building a team, dealing with problems. > "while the perfect product when nobody is buying will languish in obscurity" That's not "unlucky" at all. That's not researching the market properly.

killnine 13y ago

"need to accept that you're not good enough ..." - Are you kidding? 1) Dont ever put someone down like that 2) Just because you are a quitter doesn't mean other people are. Thank the heavens all the great men and woman who pushed through failure after failure before their success made a dent in this world don't think like you

prince_hakeem 13y ago

How dare you tell him what he can or can't do? You're a jerk. I seriously doubt he's not good enough. I watched 3 knuckleheads that are more lucky than good get lucky with a clever idea at the right time. Don't be the crab pulling him back into the box. I deplore when people act like you are doing here.