I get the feeling that most people don't want to be entrepreneurs. But places like this seem to value signaling otherwise, so you get weird reactions like the comment section on this post.
Nearly every top level comment is some form of dismissal explaining why building something while working full time is in fact not possible, and how the author is completely wrong because of X. X varies somewhat, but it's always some minor detail that wouldn't be in any way an obstacle if you really did want to build something outside work hours. But it makes a nice excuse if what you really want is an excuse not to try.
It's a shame. It'd be so much healthier to simply internalize and own "I don't want to be an entrepreneur". I'm sure those folks would be a lot happier, if they didn't have to constantly prove this alternate reality where the thing they think they want to do is in fact impossible, and thus they're OK not trying.
Just don't try. That's fine.
But it looks silly trying to prove that it's impossible. There's lots of us out here doing it.
This is something that I've been thinking about a lot recently, and even moreso after seeing the comments on this post.
I question why people are spending time on HN proving that they don't have enough time to do things because of X, Y, Z, instead of using that time for something more effective. Don't get me wrong - I'm here on HN commenting and reading and posting, but I recognize that as a choice and not an excuse for why I couldn't accomplish something else.
Nearly every top level comment is some form of dismissal explaining why building something while working full time is in fact not possible, and how the author is completely wrong because of X. X varies somewhat, but it's always some minor detail that wouldn't be in any way an obstacle if you really did want to build something outside work hours. But it makes a nice excuse if what you really want is an excuse not to try.
It's a shame. It'd be so much healthier to simply internalize and own "I don't want to be an entrepreneur". I'm sure those folks would be a lot happier, if they didn't have to constantly prove this alternate reality where the thing they think they want to do is in fact impossible, and thus they're OK not trying.
Just don't try. That's fine.
But it looks silly trying to prove that it's impossible. There's lots of us out here doing it.