What Startups Are Really Like

When I look at the responses, the common theme is that starting a startup was like I said, but way more so. People just don’t seem to get how different it is till they do it. Why? The key to that mystery is to ask, how different from what? Once you phrase it that way, the answer is obvious: from a job. Everyone’s model of work is a job. It’s completely pervasive. Even if you’ve never had a job, your parents probably did, along with practically every other adult you’ve met.

A brilliant summary by Paul Graham of what it’s really like to start your own business and how, surprisingly, it’s not at all like having a job. It’s worth clicking through to read the whole thing.