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Patrick McKenzie

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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    1. Julia Galef‏Verified account @juliagalef 21 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @andrewprzy @webdevMason

      Interesting, can you elaborate? Like what's a type of thing they would say, or reaction they might have to something, that sends this message?

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    2. Julia Galef‏Verified account @juliagalef 21 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @andrewprzy @webdevMason

      This must be one of those “different worlds” cases. Even when I used to say I was doing freelance journalism (and I had no track record) it was still pretty rare to hear the kinds of criticism you describe. Most ppl were just like “Cool, good for you” (outwardly, anyway)

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    3. Julia Galef‏Verified account @juliagalef 21 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @juliagalef @andrewprzy @webdevMason

      But very sorry to hear you've had to deal with so many negative (and rude) people!

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    4. Julia Galef‏Verified account @juliagalef 21 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @andrewprzy @webdevMason

      I honestly didn't believe this was a thing when I first heard about it (from an Aussie). My impression is that having ambitious plans is much more likely to win you social approval than scorn. (And at worst, people are too polite to say they think you're gonna fail)

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    5. Julia Galef‏Verified account @juliagalef 21 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @juliagalef @Jonathan_Blow and

      To be clear, I do believe it's a thing now, based on people's testimony. I just wish I understood which demographics/domains have it, since it seems so rare in my own corners of the world.

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    6. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 21 Mar 2019
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      When I founded Bingo Card Creator (Bingo Card Creator!) the first response on the forum was “I don’t think you deserve to call yourself an ISV [independent software vendor]; come back in a few years.”

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      Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 21 Mar 2019
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      Replying to @patio11 @juliagalef and

      My entrepreneur friends and I, mostly outside of SFBA, often remark that both Internet passerby and important stakeholders in our lives seem threatened by and antagonistic to the notion that someone could do something other than day job or staff-aug freelancing.

      4:20 PM - 21 Mar 2019
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      • Dustin King 👽🗽⚛︎ Leon Coe 📚 Ahmed قَطَنَّش ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Phillip Zimmermann Ciarán Matt "MSG superfan" Olson Julia Galef Mason 💦👏 + 😷 + 🏃‍♂️✂️
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        2. Niels Hoven 🍞‏ @NielsHoven 21 Mar 2019
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          I’ve noticed this upon leaving grad school or other communities where most people are unhappy. No one wants to admit that their unhappiness is a result of their own (in)action, so they generate cognitive dissonance to justify not following the path where you’ve found success

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        3. Michal M‏ @jeremimucha 22 Mar 2019
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          And all the ingredients to the decision to remain on the beaten path are there, including comfort, promise of growth in the future

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