Comments on: On Regret Minimization, Leaving Apple, and Playing Pinball http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple by Andrew Wooster Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:17:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: kelly http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-15106 kelly Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:12:19 +0000 http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-15106 very cool to read about your decision-making process...really admirable. i love pinball too. have you been to the pinball museum in vegas? it's awesome, and has games from every era, all playable and at the original prices! i went with my dad (my pinball partner) and we stayed for like four hours...even though it kind of smelled in there. http://www.pinballmuseum.org/ kelly very cool to read about your decision-making process…really admirable.

i love pinball too. have you been to the pinball museum in vegas? it’s awesome, and has games from every era, all playable and at the original prices! i went with my dad (my pinball partner) and we stayed for like four hours…even though it kind of smelled in there.

http://www.pinballmuseum.org/

kelly

]]> By: Andrew http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-11258 Andrew Sat, 03 May 2008 05:21:28 +0000 http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-11258 "Any hints about what sorts of projects you're going to do? Web-based? Mac apps?" That would spoil the surprise. ;) “Any hints about what sorts of projects you’re going to do? Web-based? Mac apps?”

That would spoil the surprise. ;)

]]> By: Jamie Montgomerie http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-11251 Jamie Montgomerie Fri, 02 May 2008 18:47:51 +0000 http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-11251 Nicely put, Andrew. Minimizing future regret is the way I try to live my life too. It's what led me to Apple and California, and, although I think my underlying reasons are a slightly different, it's what's caused me to follow a very similar route to you now. As a philosophy, I think it's a good one. Nicely put, Andrew. Minimizing future regret is the way I try to live my life too. It’s what led me to Apple and California, and, although I think my underlying reasons are a slightly different, it’s what’s caused me to follow a very similar route to you now. As a philosophy, I think it’s a good one.

]]> By: Jens Alfke http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-11246 Jens Alfke Fri, 02 May 2008 14:55:05 +0000 http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-11246 Congratulations, Andrew, and welcome to the l33t 1nd13 club! Any hints about what sorts of projects you're going to do? Web-based? Mac apps? Congratulations, Andrew, and welcome to the l33t 1nd13 club!

Any hints about what sorts of projects you’re going to do? Web-based? Mac apps?

]]> By: Ben http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-11234 Ben Thu, 01 May 2008 20:53:27 +0000 http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-11234 Andrew: thanks for posting about your experience. I've recently considered a similar transition, and had to deal with a lot of doubt about the future that laid ahead for me away from my existing job. It's extremely difficult to separate emotional and rational justifications for big life changes, and I'm inspired by your approach. The idea of small, simple projects does sound extremely appealing after living in a world of Big Software. I wish you lots of luck! Josh: I'd be curious to hear how having kids changed your plans for the future. I've found that I'm much more cautious about my plans than I used to be. Andrew: thanks for posting about your experience. I’ve recently considered a similar transition, and had to deal with a lot of doubt about the future that laid ahead for me away from my existing job. It’s extremely difficult to separate emotional and rational justifications for big life changes, and I’m inspired by your approach.

The idea of small, simple projects does sound extremely appealing after living in a world of Big Software. I wish you lots of luck!

Josh: I’d be curious to hear how having kids changed your plans for the future. I’ve found that I’m much more cautious about my plans than I used to be.

]]> By: Josh http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-11228 Josh Thu, 01 May 2008 03:43:50 +0000 http://www.nextthing.org/archives/2008/04/30/leaving-apple#comment-11228 This entry is really inspiring to me, Andrew. At first I kind of wilted when I read, "If it was hard for me to leave Apple to start a company in my 20s, with no wife, kids, or mortgage, it was only going to get harder from there on out." For me, those milestones are three checkmarks (since 2000, 2007, and two weeks ago respectively). But the Bezos quote and your way of calmly, logically approaching all this really brings it home for me. Steph and I have been talking lately about what we want out of life in a big-picture sense, and these thoughts are really valuable to have. I don't know if I'll build a startup or not, honestly, but it's good to consider these things when I feel the fear of it after I get a good idea. This entry is really inspiring to me, Andrew.

At first I kind of wilted when I read, “If it was hard for me to leave Apple to start a company in my 20s, with no wife, kids, or mortgage, it was only going to get harder from there on out.” For me, those milestones are three checkmarks (since 2000, 2007, and two weeks ago respectively).

But the Bezos quote and your way of calmly, logically approaching all this really brings it home for me. Steph and I have been talking lately about what we want out of life in a big-picture sense, and these thoughts are really valuable to have. I don’t know if I’ll build a startup or not, honestly, but it’s good to consider these things when I feel the fear of it after I get a good idea.

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