Daniel Ek
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I kind of like, okay, well, what's next?
Because I didn't have to work for money.
Yeah, it's probably the most depressed I've been in my life, to be honest, because I knew from a very young age what I wanted to do.
And it was unlike most other people that I grew up with.
I just knew I wanted to build things.
You were doing that when you were like 14, right?
Yeah, but it started like even earlier than that.
I just didn't know it was called a company.
I had no idea what finances were or VC or any of these things.
But I was just building things.
And I knew I loved computers.
And I knew I wanted to do that.
And I knew I would make a living doing that somehow.
I don't know that I'm good.
But I have this sort of insane belief that I can get good if I try hard enough.
And I still feel that way, by the way, like, because the comparative sets has changed, right?