Comment by NewsaHackO
2 days ago
I agree completely. However, this mentality is why honest people like you get pushed to the sidelines, and manufactured, perfect imaged, 1000+ referenced in LinkedIn types are more successful in getting VC funding. If this is seriously your goal, you are going to have to play the game. Remember, even when perfectly playing the game in your position you will likely fail. If this is what you want to do, do you want to be taken out of the running for something like a username?
I'm mystified by this argument, that the best way for me to play the game is how others are playing it. Investors don't all make the same bet, nor do they want to, so I'm going to do what only I can do.
Sure some people will rule me out for superficial reasons, but I also get some benefit in screening out people who want to kick the tires but aren't interested in building a real relationship, just like companies do when they screen job candidates.
Your analogy is telling. Would you consider your position closer to a company hiring for a job, or a homeless person asking someone for money?
The gist of the Mythical Man Month is that if you don't give time there are some things in engineering that no amount of money can buy.
I may not have any money at the moment, but what I do have cannot be bought.