news.ycombinator.com• Nov 17, 2025• 1 min read
VCs from sillicon valley needs to stop selling "hustle porn"We all have been fooled by the "hustle porn" narrative.The story goes like this: if you want to build something meaningful which makes you wealthy, you have to live on ramen noodles, sleep on floors, have little or no relationships, and survive on like $10 a day kind of budget. That's the supposed definition of struggle.But in reality, the real struggle is in the head. Showing up every day. Making sure you put in the reps, irrespective of how you're feeling. Putting in the work frequently, as much as possible.And I think we all see this hustle porn from people who have made it in life telling us "you have to be on ramen noodles." And then we all get discouraged because that's not the life we want to live, right? That's not something that makes me want to get out of bed.And I think that's unfair to people who are still struggling to find something they love doing and probably want to leave their day jobs for.I think there's a better way.When building my 3rd startup, I'm showing up every