[yesimahuman]

I think this statement is incredibly short-sighted (or spun to make it easier for hot startups to hire):

> The second type of Starstruck Entrepreneur is far more dangerous. This type includes engineers and designers who have a lot of talent for building technology products, but, because they've been infected by celebritization hype, limit their ambitions to being able to say, "Hi, I'm the Founder and CEO of Self-Aggrandizing Apps." So instead of applying their talents to a company that is actually poised to solve an important problem and become a transformational company, they build another vapid iPhone app that nobody wants."

First of all, I am this person. I am building my own company and it now pays me close to what I made at the last "important, transformational startup" I worked at, but this time I own my own schedule and I own my own company. And people want my products and are paying for them, so I don't know how his former point implies the latter.

We are in an era of unprecedented personal empowerment, especially with tech people. I say more power to those who want to create their own value and live an independent life, rather than devote yourself to 0.1% ownership of a rocketship that could never make it. Just because you raised a big round doesn't mean you are doing more for the world.

[zxcvvcxz]

Would you describe your product as vapid though? Can't be that bad if people are paying you for it.

[yesimahuman]

No, the point was his assertion as far as I could tell is that people like me are making vapid products because we aren't giving up our dreams and working at the "next hot startup."