Comment by elevatedastalt
2 months ago
> One big piece of advice I have is to try to avoid letting others in your social network know exactly how successful you’ve been.
The time to do that was _before_ writing a blog post titled "I am rich" and submitting it to HN
They already know who he is, he was a public figure executive that sold his company, everyone in his social circle would know what Loom was and would read in the news how much it sold for.
Well, you can make new friends. I have no idea what actual name is behind vinay.sh :?
The domain name is consistent with the name of one of the founders of the mentioned startup, Loom.
If you're running a popular company then people will easily have a good understanding of the ballpark of your net worth anyway
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Yes, Loom is also mentioned by the author of the blog post.
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The about page links to his Twitter which shows the full name.
Funnily enough, the link is to a tweet describing how he wired all his money to his parents.