It's hard to establish your credentials (account created 7 hours ago, just like your post).
Normally I would have looked through your previous comments/blog and tried to establish veracity of your claims. Freshness of account means thats not possible.
But in my mind there's two options
1) You're claims are not legit, you're a stooge
Shame on you.
2) You are legit, and you are mentioning your personal opinion
Thank you! It's nice to hear someone vouching for someone.
The HN startup community do it all the time. They just happen to be 20 somethings looking (rightly) to fit into the YC community.
I don't think you are appealing to authority as your comment will be judged on its own merits. Fuck those argument technicality Nazis anyway... you're not claiming to be a doctor, or the head of some company. Nor are you claiming to have special information that other people don't have... I'm sure lots of people have met this Craig (not me I'm in London) and could deny your view hiding behind screen_names.
I'll wait to see whether you continue to post to see if its 1) or 2). In case you are 2) please don't be discouraged by ignorant haters.
good point on the recent account creation, does make me look like a stooge.
It was/is my personal opinion and I'll try and stick around and establish a track record. I mostly don't do that sort of thing any more (used to be very active) because I got tired of all the armchair quarterbacks telling me I was doing it wrong. There are millions of them and only one of me :)
One slight quibble, I am the head of a (small) bay area software company. I'd kinda like to not be, I'm tired, but for now it is what it is. To all you folks who want to run your own thing my only advice is have fun along the way, spend time with your family, friends, whatever you like, but have fun. The time passes faster than you can imagine.
Anyway, thanks for the pleasant reply, I'll try and emulate your civil tone.
It's hard to establish your credentials (account created 7 hours ago, just like your post).
Normally I would have looked through your previous comments/blog and tried to establish veracity of your claims. Freshness of account means thats not possible.
But in my mind there's two options
1) You're claims are not legit, you're a stooge
Shame on you.
2) You are legit, and you are mentioning your personal opinion
Thank you! It's nice to hear someone vouching for someone.
The HN startup community do it all the time. They just happen to be 20 somethings looking (rightly) to fit into the YC community.
I don't think you are appealing to authority as your comment will be judged on its own merits. Fuck those argument technicality Nazis anyway... you're not claiming to be a doctor, or the head of some company. Nor are you claiming to have special information that other people don't have... I'm sure lots of people have met this Craig (not me I'm in London) and could deny your view hiding behind screen_names.
I'll wait to see whether you continue to post to see if its 1) or 2). In case you are 2) please don't be discouraged by ignorant haters.