>@sama: being a VC is so easy, so high-status, the money is so great, and the lifestyle is so fun.

>very dangerous trap that many super talented builders never escape from, until they eventually look back on it all and say “damn i’m so unfulfilled”.

>@sama: investing is an amazing very-part-time job, and (at least for me) a soul-sucking full-time job.

>BUT

>those mountains in aspen aren’t gonna ski themselves, that party in saint-tropez isn’t gonna enjoy itself, that kiteboard on necker island needs someone to fly it, etc etc etc.

>@paulg: @sama This is why being a YC partner was designed to be a part-time job. I only wanted a part-time job, because I had other things I wanted to work on as well, and I only wanted to hire people who felt the same.

>@paulg: @sama It's also why I retired. While being a YC partner can be a part-time job, running YC itself can't be. So if I was ever going to work on anything else, I had to leave.