[richardjordan]

I don't think that is what the OP's saying at all. I think the point is that shutting yourself in to work on code 24/7 startup after startup for year after year (which is very easy to do in Silicon Valley - you look up and five years went by) is going to limit you at a time when the most important skills you need for your long term happiness are being learned.

[atarian]

I know that's what the OP meant and I agree with what she's saying. I was just translating what http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5273223 was saying to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5273250