How to Do Great Work

 (paulgraham.com)

22 points | by tosh 2 hours ago

4 comments

  • dtj1123 11 minutes ago
    Genuine question, what work has Paul Graham done that can be classified as 'great'?
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    • mi_lk 0 minutes ago
      you simply can’t deny how many good companies YC has incubated
  • gaigalas 13 minutes ago
    The people qualified to do great work probably don't need the advice. They most likely lack resources (like money or free time), not guidance.

    The people who would benefit from the advice (resourceful people full of free time that are doing nothing meaningful) will likely ignore it anyway.

  • user3939382 33 minutes ago
    There’s something cringey about having a zillion dollars and then using your cash soapbox to bloviate to everyone about how to be great-like-me.
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    • condenser 29 minutes ago
      There's nothing "cringey" about sharing your own ideas in your own blog. What's cringey is this kind of pointless ankle-biting.
  • wseqyrku 1 hour ago
    You can listen to this on youtube with pg's own voice which I find a pretty neat use of AI.
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    • conartist6 6 minutes ago
      Why? What's neat? To hear his thoughts the way he would voice them? But you're only pretending to...
    • iammjm 32 minutes ago
      Why not just read it out loud himself and record it?
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