I always stay away from the comment section on this type of blog post, but your reply has encouraged me to add my own two cents just this time. Also a throwaway. I have a very similar story to you. I'm a little bit younger than you, and I've been very financially successful for a few years from my own ventures. I like to stay entirely out of the tech blogs for privacy reasons, but at least a few HNers know of my companies.
With all due respect to those involved, these blog posts are usually just linkbait.
The young people I know running the 7 or 8 figure per annum companies like to keep the stories to themselves.
Last week, an old business friend of mine raised an 8 figure round for his already highly profitable B2B software business. At his age he can't even legally drink in the US. The tech bloggers would wet themselves with this story, but he has kept it entirely under wraps for a few reasons. The thing about it is - literally one day after he closed the round, he was back to all-day coding sessions. He always says that if you just have focus, you can have anything. And this is truly evidence to support that.
Don't worry about what bloggers write or what others are doing. Focus on building something of value, experiment, never quit, and in no time you'll be the one deciding whether or not you want the tech blogs to write about you, not the other way around.
With all due respect to those involved, these blog posts are usually just linkbait.
The young people I know running the 7 or 8 figure per annum companies like to keep the stories to themselves.
Last week, an old business friend of mine raised an 8 figure round for his already highly profitable B2B software business. At his age he can't even legally drink in the US. The tech bloggers would wet themselves with this story, but he has kept it entirely under wraps for a few reasons. The thing about it is - literally one day after he closed the round, he was back to all-day coding sessions. He always says that if you just have focus, you can have anything. And this is truly evidence to support that.
Don't worry about what bloggers write or what others are doing. Focus on building something of value, experiment, never quit, and in no time you'll be the one deciding whether or not you want the tech blogs to write about you, not the other way around.