[bananapub]

ask sam altman what he did - I still can't figure out how he went from "startup that went nowhere" to "hand out other people's money at YC until paulg fires him" to "CEO of openai".

[alaskamiller]

Glad I'm not the only one

[matchbok]

Something called hard work?

[bananapub]

and they say HN has no sense of humour, bravo

[matchbok]

Please go try to build a company, hire people, make payroll, and.... actually build something. Then get back to me.

[rchaud]

I'm almost expecting a mention of bootstraps, and not of the CSS framework variety.

[matchbok]

Nah, just a basic understanding of how a business works. I suggest you read up!

[refulgentis]

Bless you my sweet summer child.

(OP, in some of the longform pieces written since The Event they touch on this transition being a mystery too, but I think it's a tale as old as time: earnest, smile on their face, performs work and passion, team player, right place right time and asked.)

[matchbok]

Econ 101, read it.