Michael Arrington's reflective post on the personal challenges he faces as the head of a highly visible and influential startup blog was quite a sad read. In a most recent event Arrington got spat on by some convention attendee in Germany, and he recalls a period in his life where he felt his own life as well as those of his employees in danger from some threatening psycho. It is a brutally honest account of what happens when one finally makes it into the spotlight as all sorts of people start paying attention to you and what you do.
While I think some people will think what he experienced as a small price to pay for success I can fully sympathise with his feeling of fatigue and burnout at the situation. Hopefully Arrington comes to terms with just how much his work means to him and decides whether the costs are worth it.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
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