I applaud anyone who is willing to go against the grain. I definitely agree that not everyone is built for startup work. But not everyone is built for marriage, nor is everyone meant to be a parent.
I do have serious contention with Sam Altman being used as a leading example for abusing his own principles. As currently QuitGPT is experiencing a mass exodus, down 1.5 million users in March alone, it might have benefited him had he taken his own advice.
I guess I’ve always thought quite simply put: Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t go to for advice, and vice-versa.
The race is long and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
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Spot on. As someone who fell into Ops and is now navigating a path toward more fulfilling work, I agree with all your points and also add that sometimes it IS helpful to bounce ideas off a trusted friend or adviser to get out of your head. I’ve been using NotebookLM to analyze my background and interests. It’s been a total game-changer for spotting patterns and identifying potential new income-generating directions.
I applaud anyone who is willing to go against the grain. I definitely agree that not everyone is built for startup work. But not everyone is built for marriage, nor is everyone meant to be a parent.
I do have serious contention with Sam Altman being used as a leading example for abusing his own principles. As currently QuitGPT is experiencing a mass exodus, down 1.5 million users in March alone, it might have benefited him had he taken his own advice.
I guess I’ve always thought quite simply put: Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t go to for advice, and vice-versa.
The race is long and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Thank you for contributing to the community! Always a pleasure to have a guest author ✍️!
We need more voices :)
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Point #3 hit hard. The "you have time" line is comforting but it's basically a permission slip to procrastinate.
You don't get more time later, you just get more obligations. The window to take big swings is right now!
Spot on. As someone who fell into Ops and is now navigating a path toward more fulfilling work, I agree with all your points and also add that sometimes it IS helpful to bounce ideas off a trusted friend or adviser to get out of your head. I’ve been using NotebookLM to analyze my background and interests. It’s been a total game-changer for spotting patterns and identifying potential new income-generating directions.
Most times, I think we act out of fear
- Fear that we're supposed to find what our passion is
- Fear that everybody says startups are cool
- Fear that everybody has an opinion except us
And instead of thinking what the answers are by ourselves, we pick the answer from someone else because "they must have figured something out"