Modern testing for modern stacks

This is a good article on the experience shared by a person who started his startup in his twenties. There are some insights and I agree with some points which he makes. But I quite don't agree with his viewpoint on not to start a start up in 20's. Yes, it's true that you gain more experience over time, but you will never be fully prepared. Most of the issues which he would face while starting a start-up we wouldn't learn unless we do it yourself. Also if we feel very strongly about some idea it may become outdated or someone else may already come up with that feature or product. You should probably calculate your moves better and better yourself as you grow. Plus when you are young you would have more will and confidence and less commitment to try something on your own. I agree to his point on why it's not a waste to be employed as you will still learn when you work. Also as he states you will always be working for someone either your boss or CEO or investors. One more takeaway is that your product evolves over time. You may be building something and people find its usefulness in some other way like as he states his slack turned into an Angel network. So always keep a look out in that direction.

Startup scenes are made glamorous by college grads starting out of college, raise lot of fund, disrupt and disappear. Truth here is no shortcut to learning curve. As a college pass out grad guess most of us will have no idea what the real market is going to be. Now with little work experience, ups and downs and learning at companies expense knowledge.

Starting up in your twenties does not always work. It is even better if you start up early and fail. It is in some ways like investing in stocks. When you are young you have high tolerance to risk hence investing heavily on stocks are bearable because of your age. Similarly starting up early and failing is not bad. In fact it is more good than bad. Also I believe the ultimate objective of any startup is to build a sustainable company. The solution for not being paid even after 6 months could have been solved by asking the job posting entity to transfer the remuneration to a third party and transfer it to the freelancer if the job is done. I agree with the insanity prevailing in the startup market for acquiring resources hardly an years experience is going to be enough to be a CTO. I also agree that it is difficult to change perception of others towards freelancers and remote working.

A very interesting article where the author lists out the lessons learnt and conclusions from his experience. I agree with the author that when you start a company in your early twenties, you really lack experience. When you are out of college you may have many creative ideas on building a product but you do not have enough experience on how to build a business, how to market your product, how to build a sales team. You may be technically good, but knowing technology alone is not suffient. It is the combination of knowledge and experience that is necessary. There will be plenty of time to start companies after you graduate. First you need to learn how companies work and understand the business. This is the time you get to know more people to build a network, explore on new technologies and you should not feel that you are wasting time. The only advantage i see when you start early is that the fear of failure is less because the level of confidence, ambition to do something different, having clear vision, zero commitments, ready to take risks are certain qualities which are high in young entrepreneurs.