My best advice.3:40 Jul 12th, 2009 | Notes
Someone posted this on reddit recently: I’m unemployed and trying to work on my programming skills. I’ve done some work on my own stuff and at www.projecteuler.net but it’s hard for me to stay motivated. I get frustrated that it takes me so long to solve what seem like simple problems. After I think of an interesting idea for a project I usually end up finding it boring or too hard to implement. I love the idea of programming but in practice it seems like it takes a lot of effort (for me) to get relatively simple things done.To which, I responded: You quit. Seriously. Give up. Fewer people like you, trying to get their own thing off the ground, means less obstacles for me and heads I have to step on. I go out every day and crush it, even on days when I don’t feel like doing anything, or when I get to a tedious part in my projects. I still go and bust my fuckin ass. Why? Because I want it. I want success BADLY, and I’ll work my ass off until I get there. I’ve tried several ventures, few have stuck with mild success until my current one. 9 years now I’ve been going at it, and I still fucking want it. I’m still FUCKIN HUNGRY. So yeah, stay out of it. This is territory best ruled by people like myself. If you can’t taste it in your mouth every morning when you wake up…. if you can tolerate having a day job and being someone elses slave… if you can entertain the idea of giving up… then this isn’t your gig. Go ahead and quit now. I’ll send a postcard from the top. |
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