I enjoyed your post and it resonated with me. Dumping cheap skepticism on a someone who is working hard to do something new is something I wish people would be more thoughtful about. It’s almost a reflex, but is it actually helpful?

The responses on this thread are kind of discouraging and missing nuance. It’s turned into “should you tell the hard truth or pretend the world is a fairy tale” (a false dichotomy) when it’s more like “don’t be a jerk in this moment”.