[tarmstrong]

This comment came off as really grumpy. You have exactly the "get in line" attitude the author was complaining about.

You come across as incredibly entitled and arrogant in your post, I hope for the sake of the success of any future "start ups" you participate in, it's not the case.

Entitled? I don't think he feels entitled to some measure of success. I think he feels entitled to a healthy dose of experience, which is what he'll get.

Arrogant? Read his post again. I'm not getting the arrogance vibe.

"I have no deference to authority figures and have never been shy to voice my opinions, oftentimes to my detriment." This doesn't make you a good entrepreneur, it makes you an asshole.

1. Those aren't mutually exclusive. 2. It doesn't make you an asshole, it makes you one of the few who can make a difference.

[reinhardt]

Or one of the not-so-few going through extended "screw-the-authority" adolescence.

[tarmstrong]

You raise a good point, but I think the "adolescence" part is when you say mean things about The Man behind his back over beers during frosh week. When you start your own company, is that really the same thing?

[mgkimsal]

If you have no business, revenue or customers, and instead spend time writing about how you can't work for other people because you want to be in their shoes, yes, it's pretty much the same thing.