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Comment by Nemisis7654 | Hacker News Reader

As a young man still in college who wants to build something, this was very inspiring. Especially this line:

  The only way to know how good you might be at something is to fail trying it.

Great post. I'm bookmarking it.

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It is worth keeping in mind that pithy little catch phrases like this typically ignore the fact that failure can come with some life-altering consequences. It seems like nobody wants to talk about filing for bankruptcy after running up a quarter of a mil in combined school loans and credit card debt.

It's also worth keeping in mind that he was making $250k a year doing something shortly after school and then started this company. Presumably he has a lot more of something or rather than the average (or even above average) person. His story is an extreme outlier.

His blog also has a great road map for learning to code/build your first web app if you're a non-CS major. Helped me out quite a bit.

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