Re:YC Research
by pw on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @04:09PM
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I feel like you're using "normal people" as pejorative. I meant it as "is able to relate to the day-to-day experience of most people in this country."
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Re:YC Research
by AndrewKemendo on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @04:37PM
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I'm definitely using it as you intended.
"the day-to-day experience of most people in this country" is nothing like any of the things Altman, PG, Livingston etc... experience on a daily basis.
I'd wager most HN readers can't relate to the day to day experience of most people in this country.
A reminder about how most Americans actually live:
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/most-americans-have-less-th...
It's strange to me the huge gap between $5-9k and "over $10k". I wonder if that gap has more to do with upper/middle class or young business owners vs working 9-5?
Re:YC Research
by maxerickson on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @06:15PM
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I would think it's a matter of the same behaviors that get someone to having $5,000 quickly get them to $10,000.
The buckets aren't well sized there.
Also a problem.
Exactly. And I think that's a huge problem.
Ya, or even "is able to relate to the day-to-day experience of most people who read Hacker News."
Sam's startup --like for many here-- was not a roaring success. Few of the entrepreneurs and engineers here on HN have an extra $10m in the bank after an experience like that.