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Success Not Just a Matter of Talent
NinjaCoder writes "The Guardian has an interesting article based on a new book (Outliers: The Story Of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell) which examines some persons of interest to computer technology (Bill Joy, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, amongst others). It examines reasons for their successes and strongly suggests a link between practice (10,000 hours by age 20 being the magic milestone) and luck. This maybe an obvious truism, but the article does give interesting anecdotes on how their personal circumstances led to today's technological landscape. It points out that many of the luminaries of the current tech industry were born around 1955, and thus able to take advantage of the emerging technologies.
better product? that must explain the overwhelming market share held by apple, and the competetive pricing they use, and the non propritery stuff too... oh wait
They were all white men too. go ahead now, mark me down as flamebait, but do it knowing it's true. Some people are just born "lucky." The rest of us actually have to work.
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