Pure software is rapidly becoming un-investable.

عندما يصبح شخص ما أكثر نجاحا منك، أو لديه بركة لا تملكها، قد تشعر بالغيرة، أو قد تكون سعيدا من أجله. تعلم أن تكون سعيدا من أجلهم، لأنه بخلاف ذلك ستمر كل يوم بلحظة معاناة، لأنه سيكون هناك دائما من يحصل على شيء لا تملكه، ولن يكون لديك ما يكفي أبدا. وعلى العكس، كلما كنت أكثر سعادة للآخرين، كانوا أكثر سعادة من أجلك عندما تنجح، وكلما ساهموا بشكل مباشر في نجاحك. ونتيجة لذلك سيكون لديك وفرة أكبر، وستشعر أيضا أن لديك ما يكفي لأنك لا تقارن نفسك سلبا بما يملكه الآخرون. بدلا من التنافس ولعب ألعاب المجموع الصفري مع الأشخاص في حياتك، أنت تساهم في ازدهارهم وازدهارك الشخصي، وفي المزيد من الوفرة بشكل عام لأن كرم الروح معد.

my friend just got rejected from YC for the third time she's convinced it's because her idea wasn't good enough i looked at the other 22 people i know who applied here's what actually happened: applied: 23 people interviewed: 4 accepted: 1 the one who got in had $200k revenue, previous exit, stanford CS, and knew a partner my friend had a great idea and no traction but everyone on twitter says "YC funds ideas not just traction" technically true except the "ideas" that get funded come with revenue, pedigree, or network three of my friends quit their startups after YC rejection not because the idea was bad because rejection felt like validation they should quit five others applied again next batch same result the application took my friend 60 hours across rewrites she stressed for 2 months waiting now she's depressed and questioning everything YC rejection has this weight in SF that's insane like if YC didn't want it, maybe it's not worth building which is bullshit but the feeling is real i wish someone had told her: your odds were 0.1% from the start not because your idea sucked because you didn't have the traction/pedigree/connections yet build more, apply later, or don't apply at all YC isn't the only path but SF makes it feel like the only path that matters