In his case, he holds inventory for his successful stores. He is also big on branding. For example, one of his business is selling plants and the custom made boxes for shipping cost more than plants.
he did mention drop shipping to test out ideas but don’t think any of those businesses took off.
It's the opposite for me. I don't use bash.exe on my Windows machine and it is the first match when I type "bash". "Git Bash" is the second best match. I have no other results. Windows 10 Home Edition 10.0.19045.
Not everyone can simply start a software company. It takes either a lot of capital, a lot of time, or both. Even if you have those, not everyone's aptitude is in business. That's particularly the case in software where there's not the, for lack of a better term, inherent value embodied in a physical product.
Yet in this thread the ones who do actually make something people want to buy are villainized because they aren't giving it all away to employees (who are compensated for their time and expertise along the way).
Looking forward to my business trip to Portland in a few weeks... The place where I am going is right in the middle of the big red blob, when the "Assault" is selected. Is it really that bad?
You're witnessing the contributions of perhaps a thousand people here on HN, but keep in mind there are millions of silent lurkers who feel exactly as you do. You are not mediocre; you are simply not the best.
And there is no “best”. There might be experts in a particular domain, but even they may defer to other people on specific things, and will be totally clueless in other areas.
One of the problems with online forums is I often see everyone else posting as 1 person. Other people seemingly know everything, and in comparison, I know nothing. Of course, this isn’t the reality of the situation.
In a much smaller pond, my team at work, I’ve had people tell me I’m the best at various things. What they don’t see are the days I work late to try and solve stuff, the countless hours I’ll put into documentation (even if it’s just for myself), the articles and courses I read/took on nights and weekends, the near crippling anxiety right beneath the surface at all times, the giving up of any kind of life outside of work, and still feeling like an imposter and thinking I should quit every single day before people realize I’m an idiot. But I keep showing up, because I don’t think anyone else would even hire me. This is what’s going on inside the mind of someone who has been called the “best” by several people on his team. I wish I could see myself the way some others do, but I know better.
