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by toomuchtodo 1054 days ago
Absolutely this. If you’ve built something profitable on someone else’s land, get big and cash out as fast as you can. It’s unsustainable, you’re just doing an arbitrage play while it lasts. Do well fast so you optimize for more dice rolls in the future.
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The author seems well aware of that though.
Reinforcing the idea to help avoid future heartbreak and broken dreams for people here. If you’re equipped with the knowledge upfront, you won’t be as unhappy later. Expectations minus reality equals happiness.