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What Happened to Lee

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1298 points jgrahamc | 3 comments | 15 Apr 20 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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daenz ◴[15 Apr 20 16:34 UTC] No.22879777[source]▶
The question that occurs to me is: if you knew that was in your future, would you spend your last 10 good years toiling at a startup?
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1. reuben_scratton ◴[15 Apr 20 18:29 UTC] No.22881244[source]▶
Yes. His family are financially secure, thanks to his Cloudflare millions. I could die much more easily knowing my family were safe after I'd gone.
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2. libria ◴[15 Apr 20 20:22 UTC] No.22882570[source]▶
That's the answer to "Would you spend your last 10 years securing a guaranteed multi-million dollar payout?" not "Would you work your tail off for a gamble?"

Startup != assured success.

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3. daenz ◴[15 Apr 20 21:40 UTC] No.22883414[source]▶
I should have been more specific with my hypothetical. I only meant having knowledge of the disease, not of any kind of startup mega-success.