Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by amelius 3219 days ago
> Right, entrepreneurship is the only field of human endeavor where amateurs can become the best in the field without any study or training whatsoever.

The opposite is true in many cases. For example, I suppose you can't sell medical drugs if you're an amateur without any credentials.

1 comments

I missed the /sarcasm tag.

Writing off experience on the path to becoming an entrepreneur glorifies the unique challenges of being an entrepreneur, while underplaying the 99% of other work that makes a business successful in the real world.