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Loved this piece.

> I got so caught up in this mentality that I was literally embarrassed to be working on a company that was making money in a less than sexy industry. Seems ass-backwards to me...

Spot on! I wish you much success in your venture. Oh and in my opinion, a freshly cut baseball field is waaay sexier than any mobile app haha




I like that he had some personal revelation but he loses me when he assumes that everyone else working on "the next" Facebook or Snapchat is suffering from his same ego problems. There is a much more benign explanation for the glut in the consumer internet/app space; domain experience.




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