Why I am starting a hardcore tech company in my 50s(iamnotarobot.substack.com) |
Why I am starting a hardcore tech company in my 50s(iamnotarobot.substack.com) |
He's stronger than most of twentysomethings.
"What makes me tick is not the desire for more money, I really have all I need. "
He's rich.
"The happiest times of my professional life happened when I was in a room with people I liked and respected, thinking about solving problems that mattered to us."
Like no one else, he's kind of an exception that likes to do what he likes to do.
From his website: "Our focus is to develop and deploy powerful and resilient infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence (AI) software companies, ensuring they are equipped to counter common and industry specific threats and cybersecurity breaches. "
That doesn't mean anything, but at the same time "There is a war for machine learning talent, and the quickness with which people accept our rates make me think we should be charging significantly more! ". So he doesn't need money, but thinks he should be charging more.
"In this context, does it matter that I am in my 50s? Not really, but I thought it would make for a good hook in the title. If I can remain healthy and work sane hours (which is not hard when you had good partners and know how to delegate)"
You're fucking 53, not 80, stop making it seem like you are on the brink of dying of old age. And "to know how to delegate" is just to make people work for you and get the reward.
" I can see myself doing this while my brain remains sufficiently sharp."
What, you are 53.
What a fucking clown.
* The meme that startups are a young person's game. Hell, some people even say that technology is a young person's game.
* The fact that most people do slow down in the second half of their career, for various reasons (kids, or because they've reached their financial goals, etc).
It's not clear at all why his post was offensive to you. Maybe what you're really angry about is the notion I mentioned above, which is unfortunately common, that people "age out" of strong or interesting work?
Starting an innovative company is something that would be a big challenge and certainly not something to be sneered at.
You seem angry at him, but I can't see why.
Tech is the most agist sector, well, ok, maybe behind olympic sports or lingerie modelling.
Isn't it easier than doing it in your 40s, 30s or 20s because with 50 you usually have more experience and more resources?
"In this context, does it matter that I am in my 50s? Not really, but I thought it would make for a good hook in the title."
AI enabled micro transit crypto quad copters = hardcore
A site that connects consumers with suppliers in some niche market = softcore
Softcore tech: e.g. websites, apps, deep learning.
I interpret it as, is the technology specific to the company?
What's your secret for getting 1 upvote per minute even when the link doesn't work?
The only time I've felt awkward about the age difference was an interview with 19-year-old startup founders who had retained an executive search firm for a VP Eng. We did not click at all, but in truth I don't actually know if that was the age gap or just an energy mismatch between us (they were pretty quiet).