[simplekoala]

There is a treasure trove of wisdom in this article for all starry-eyed engineers coming to valley with dreams to eventually start a company someday. I realize that starting a company by itself is a poor goal and slightly narcissistic but I am intentionally using it as I have heard many engineers say, "I want to start a company one day" instead of saying "I want to solve a problem because I am passionate about it, and my solution will solve a real-problem in the world today or make the world a slightly better place or makes it suck less"