> Now, I understand DHH's resentment (or envy) against Pinterest, Instagram and Quora—everbody's raising money like shit

Given his ability to execute and monetize a business coupled with engineering talent that would be obvious to any VC given his stewardship of RoR do you really think if DHH wanted to raise VC funds he would have any problem?

Envy comes from wanting something you can't have, not something you don't want.