[ProAm]

> There's advice smart 30 year olds give, advice smart 40 year olds give, advice smart 50 year olds give, and so on

This is not that kind of advice though, this rings a bit youthful and wet behind the ears. I sort of feel like its a regurgitated take on "Advice, like youth, is wasted on the young"[1]

Sam's obviously a smart guy since he's been put in charge of yCombinator but his blog posts often feel hollow to me.

[1] http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-schmich-su...

[vinceguidry]

Maybe try to think of it as "talking about what's important in life" as opposed to advice. I think it would be silly to think one has all the answers in this direction, that's effectively what you're telling them when you apply value judgments to what they have to say.

[ProAm]

> Maybe try to think of it as "talking about what's important in life" as opposed to advice.

Im not trying to be overly condescending or judgmental, definitely just my opinion, but it reads like a teenager giving advice on how to live life when they themselves are just embarking on it. It sounds youthfully naive and obvious, there is nothing wrong in there, it's just not eye opening or inspirational as I'd expect reading from the successor to pg. Maybe I'm being to judgmental because I'm used to the way pg's blogs used to speak to me and this is something different. Of course this is my opinion, it just felt empty to me.