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I think he's making fun of his past self, thinking he knew everything when he was younger.

When I was young and foolish, I also used to defend random CEOs on Hacker News. But now I'm older, and rationalizing their absurd and offensive rhetoric is too time consuming for my desired lifestyle.

Bit he's actually making fun of his current self because now he has the gig and doesn't want to ruin a good thing.

The rest of the paragraph:

> Later, I started my own business. Ghost. And after 9 years of doing this, my perspective changed a great deal.

The cycle is complete.

especially considering I’ve been running a SaaS for 12 years