Comment by adiazyc

first, congrats to revenuecat team and investors.

tl;dr - delusional founder writes AI slop reflection narrative recast as “vision” and “conviction.”

Makes more sense given a. prototypical cto ego (and insecurity) amplified by b. he’s Spanish (ifyyk)

Thousands of words to justify the rejection of a nine-figure exit and he never seriously addresses what the exit would mean for employees or investors. “I’m a builder,” “I need to work with inspiring people,” “I’d be bored after two weeks.”

Hard to ignore the glaring contradictions amidst the AI slop. He sets “networking with executives” as a top annual goal, then says “networking is mostly bullshit.” He calls out two separate “biggest fires” for the year: first, reliability/support issues; later, hiring velocity. On one hand he’s bragging about “not having to do anything,” but takes credit for every success (“my foundation-building,” “org design I set up,” etc).

Median senior engineering salaries in Spain are a fraction of those in the U.S. - you can take the founder out of spain…but you can’t…

And yet, the “nine-figure” rejection is repeated over and over. If it was such an easy, confident choice, why does it need so much explanation? Can’t wait to read more about CTO insecurity and a need for public validation. What’s Lemkin got to say?