Ask YC: Do what you love and the money will follow?

Re:Ask YC: Do what you love and the money will follow? by Zarathu on Sunday January 25, 2009 @03:49PM (#449497)

Logically speaking, sure.

If you do what you're passionate about, you're sure to develop a strong set of skills for that particular subject. A strong set of skills for a subject with a market makes you good competition, at a reasonable price.

As for myself, I remember writing a keylogger in Visual Basic when I was 11 because I wanted to steal my sister's AIM password. I loved everything about software development, and still do. Years later, I'm making 6 figures with Rails.

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Re:Ask YC: Do what you love and the money will follow? by pietro on Sunday January 25, 2009 @04:03PM (#449517)

So did you get her password?

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Re:Ask YC: Do what you love and the money will follow? by Zarathu on Sunday January 25, 2009 @04:49PM (#449595)

Yes. It was "paparoach", and I had very elegant conversations with her friends. I'm sure they had no idea it wasn't my sister.

>.>

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Re:Ask YC: Do what you love and the money will follow? by sam_in_nyc on Monday January 26, 2009 @02:20AM (#450120)

I did the exact same thing. Win32 API for the win.

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