six
@six
career wise i think i'm a bit cooked on delayed gratification psychologically, esp. of the variety of like working/iterating on a startup for multiple years in stealth and/or without traction. not sure if i'm capable of doing that, but to an extent the ability to do that is what is required for outsized success would posit this is somewhat consistent in the "brain" of our generation, esp with startup / build-in-public / twitter founder "cracked" culture becoming so widespread, it is v contrarian and perhaps psychologically difficult to quitely grind and stay focused for years on something you believe in. think many founders currently in 20s prob compensate for this by getting validation via attention, while they wait for validation via market (the real thing). shayne coplan good exception imo.
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↑langchain 🎩
@langchain
one marshmallow now or two later instead just content create your way to 3 marshmallows and forget about the other two
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agusti
@bleu.eth
working for years without pmf is just dumb or fucking your investors. nobody cares about our experiments until they’re proved
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Sam (crazy candle person) ✦
@samantha
I talked about this with @ jpren (saving him the notification) last week. While founders wait for PMF, they are distracted by other forms of gratification that makes them seem productive - conferences, networking events, meeting with investors etc. especially in crypto when your timing has to be right for the product to work. All of these items *feel* like work and provide the gratification of doing so but never push the needle forward.
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martin ↑
@martin
+100
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Zach
@zd
Well said
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androidsixteen
@androidsixteen.eth
few
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Ben
@benbassler.eth
this is 100% accurate
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Coop
@coopahtroopa.eth
I felt this on a spiritual level 1000 $DEGEN
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Nick
@nintynick.eth
dig deeper to find sufficient conviction
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madlog↑c
@madlog1c.eth
work in stealth vs build-in-public, so many pros and cons on each side
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Shihao
@shihao
Isn't build-in-public / twitter founder a good way of at least getting people pay attention to your product and try it out? Building something quietly and then struggle to find a viable distribution channel is also pretty rough.
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Kieran Daniels 🎩
@kdaniels.eth
You’ll find the delusion plateau soon :)
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