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Read about the hardest, most rewarding job @mitchellh has ever had

The first few months of Vagrant were reasonably uneventful. Besides the initial rush of early adopters, growth mostly stagnated, and each release of Vagrant was getting averaging around 100 downloads. While I loved the project and still whole-heartedly believed in it, seeing very little growth was hugely discouraging. At this point, I actually started to view Vagrant as a potential “failure.” Despite this, John and I and our respective companies used Vagrant every day and saw the value first hand. And I was still passionate about the project, so I decided to just keep going, believing that if this were truly a good idea, something good would happen.

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