Maybe you should ask the same question to SunghoYahng, the user who started this thread? That wasn’t very constructive either, and neither was coldtea’s response.
“I read it as a warning that PG skews his arguments to prove some narrow points and you should be careful when applying them to your life, so you don't waste years chasing improbable goals”
They were being just as curt as nickpp. What they wrote was not as reasonable as your lines above, hence the response. From my pov, the main reason that you’re criticizing nickpp is because his opinion doesn’t match your own.
The irony here is that I’m more sympathetic to your viewpoint, but I’ll try to be constructive beyond just calling you out:
* These essays take a lot of work to write
* These essays are not hidden behind a paywall
* The essays capture the POV of a successful startup founder and more importantly a successful startup investor
* Does the advice apply to everyone? Probably not everyone 100%. I doubt many of his essays even apply to 25% of people, or even 10% depending on the topic.
* still, many people have profited off pg’s advice in some way
* If you don’t like pg’s essays, you don’t have to read them
* pg founded HN. Don’t be surprised to see people defending pg here.
“I read it as a warning that PG skews his arguments to prove some narrow points and you should be careful when applying them to your life, so you don't waste years chasing improbable goals”
They were being just as curt as nickpp. What they wrote was not as reasonable as your lines above, hence the response. From my pov, the main reason that you’re criticizing nickpp is because his opinion doesn’t match your own.
The irony here is that I’m more sympathetic to your viewpoint, but I’ll try to be constructive beyond just calling you out:
* These essays take a lot of work to write
* These essays are not hidden behind a paywall
* The essays capture the POV of a successful startup founder and more importantly a successful startup investor
* Does the advice apply to everyone? Probably not everyone 100%. I doubt many of his essays even apply to 25% of people, or even 10% depending on the topic.
* still, many people have profited off pg’s advice in some way
* If you don’t like pg’s essays, you don’t have to read them
* pg founded HN. Don’t be surprised to see people defending pg here.