When My Family Mocked My Career, They Didn’t Know Who Owned The Company

politely—or less politely—telling me they didn’t see the potential.

A particularly vivid memory surfaced: my father standing in the doorway of my childhood bedroom, watching me hunched over my old laptop, lines of code glowing on the screen.

“You spend too much time on that thing,” he’d said. “Go out, make friends. You’re not going to get anywhere in continue reading …