Hacker News Reader

> HN is filled with bias for the success stories

This is true.

> He gave up a job at Google and beats himself up every day for literally giving up millions, probably well over $10M had he just stayed.

This is also a biased success story. Very few people will experience Google-like returns.

View on HN

No. This is actually my friend, who actually lost out on $10M. His other friends that stayed (he was working directly for Marisa Mayer) made at least that much.

I'm not sure what you mean, the success stories that you called biased are also true. Your point wasn't about "truth", it was about being representative of the normal outcome. This story of people getting $10 million working at Google isn't a normal outcome, just like selling your startup for $100 million isn't a normal outcome.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com