# Mean People Fail

<http://paulgraham.com/mean.html>

- Host: [paulgraham.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/paulgraham.com/)
- Saved: November 29, 2014 (2014-11-30T02:43:40Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5fb6f6e5ca5f/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5fb6f6e5ca5f.json

## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

It struck me recently how few of the most successful people I know are mean. There are exceptions, but remarkably few.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Same host

- [Founder Control](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/70046243ff01/) (paulgraham.com, December 6, 2010)
- [Good and Bad Procrastination](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/55d442403c4e/) (paulgraham.com, December 11, 2010)
- [Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/73b4a394cc5d/) (paulgraham.com, July 19, 2011)
- [The Top of My Todo List](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b748a771b2df/) (paulgraham.com, April 26, 2012)
- [Frighteningly Ambitious Startup Ideas](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/01d5c0a93125/) (paulgraham.com, May 7, 2012)

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- [Collins - Infrastructure Management for Engineers](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/dbd1702b2e43/) (tumblr.github.io, November 29, 2014)
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- [What is the engineering interview process like at Stripe? - Quora](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e623340785b9/) (quora.com, November 29, 2014)

## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://paulgraham.com/mean.html