I’m eavesdropping (well, they’re so loud I can’t ignore them) on two young startup guys at this coffee shop, a version of a conversation I’ve heard a million times. But what’s striking vs 10 or 15 years ago is… almost nothing they’re talking about is the tech. Everything is financial engineering and how to hustle the ecosystem. Nothing about products or even markets and competition, all fussing about banks and crypto and VCs. Explains a lot about my fatigue over the industry in general.

@anildash There was an xkcd that stuck on this:

"I never trust anyone who's more excited about success than about doing the thing they want to be successful at."

https://m.xkcd.com/874/

xkcd: Time Management

@eric @anildash like Ronnie Coleman (professional bodybuilder) said “Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder, but nobody wants to lift no heavy-ass weights.”