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I prefer to stay anonymous. But its probably a very typical Nerd 2.0 story like the ones you hear at this website often. Only that I always stayed in my room and didnt connect to any other web2.0 people. No Blog, no press releases, no ycombinator, no investors. I just wrote some stuff that people want and got some good return from it.

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Without revealing your identity, perhaps you can share what mistakes you made, what you learned etc...?

OK, then we don't know if you're really a loser trying to appear successful so we'll listen to you on PHP.

One of the aspects I love about HN is that nobody here has to prove anything to anyone else. Maybe I'm terribly naive, but it feels like lying happens far less here than in other corners of the tubes.

So I believe icode, personally. My feelings are "good for him" and "I hope he enjoys his steak and strippers".

True. Usually because it's very easy to identify and call out anyone who doesn't know what they're talking about.

Very true. And you bring up a good point. If nobody was accountable for posting nonsense, then the discussion would probably contain a lot more of it.

I'm just making a personal choice to give icode the benefit of the doubt. If he's uneasy about broadcasting his difficult struggle to tens of thousands of people, then that's entirely his personal choice, and I'm happy he was willing to share few details about his experience.

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