[sudo-discuss] We all go through this

[Romy Ilano]

I found out also that I'm not very interested in working on products for children .. Maybe for their parents .

That people from non profits / slow paced industries like education / social work and social movements do not really work well with start up people and they have to be contained in order to produce productive collaborations 

That as a woman you'll be pressure to work on amateur hobby projects involving education for girls 
/ anything involving feeding kids in Africa and shut out of consideration for anything more than that . Why bother with finance or electronics ? 

But in the end there are a lot of great folks out there! It's an awesome ride 




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> On Jul 1, 2015, at 1:55 PM, Romy Ilano <romy at snowyla.com> wrote:
> 
> Adam 
> 
> We all go through these issues. We've all been there 
> 
> I attempted to work on a children health eating idea a few years ago. 
> I was was also burned out 
> 
> Engineers don't immediately respect you if you look like a young girl despite years of experience ; having money is so important ; 
> People give advice but it's not always correct; there are lots of cool people who who'll help you ; 
> Start up events are important but you must prioritize ; you'll meet a lot of people but it's important to filter politely ; this stuff is hard; if people find out you're working on a Health App they'll aggressively push 1500 calorie greasy burritos on you; 
> 
> Unfortunately there are a lot of cultural forces at play ; companies do not really make money when people eat less and get healthy ; most major health problems can be solved in the U.S. By avoiding most processed and fast foods not by buying more healthy food ; exercise doesn't really make you that much healthier compared to avoiding most snacks and standard American diet 
> 
> Like Marc said take notes. Usually most of your thoughts are wrong often you're right 
> 
> I came out of it learning how to code, avoiding making html 5 apps, lost a marriage, a boyfriend, still nearly bankrupt but I learned a lot! 
> 
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