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> Zuckerberg didn't deliver a marvel of Engineering Of course not, they made React after all.
Somehow I don't think Zuckerberg wrote the React library all by himself. Though it is possible that he: > [knew his] weaknesses and compensate for them by hiring the right people, combined with a large amount of luck. hired one or two good engineers
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Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates, according to the legend, would skip computer science classes to later ace the tests. So, by all accounts, they are brilliant - and driven, but if you look at their background, they are also the people who won the birth lottery. Bill Gates was an impossible child who was shoved into an ultra-lux boarding school that happened to have a computer. Zuckerberg does not know the life outside…
It's still undeniable the common trait is drive. Focus and drive is the ticket to even get into the ballpark.
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"But I think the only predictor of success, is to be in the game." I don't think this is true. In my experience, the most successful people are overwhelmingly good at social skills. Without those you won't be a manager, won't hit the C-suite, won't make the big bucks (with a few exceptions, but even the best engineers have to have the social/comms skills to work in a team or lead a project).
Socialization is absolutely the same? Do, exactly, what Roosevelt said. Give 100% of your attention to pulling your socks up. Most introverts I meet are merely frozen with terror. They're paralyzed by fear of their weakness. Most highly successful people, are highly successful because they've worked bloody hard at it. Cocktail parties are a nightmare, sadly it's like going to the gym.
That’s not to say you can’t get better at it. I’m an introvert photographer and I’ve gotten better at socializing over the years, but I’ve also learned to play into my strengths.
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Somehow I don't think Zuckerberg wrote the React library all by himself. Though it is possible that he: > [knew his] weaknesses and compensate for them by hiring the right people, combined with a large amount of luck. hired one or two good engineers
You got that backwards, I'm saying React sucks :D
I never read these 'how to be successful' articles or studies, whenever i do i always have the same story pop into my head and they always line up with it to a large extent; Imagine some people on some open landscape, blindfolded and all following the same rules; Pick a direction, step forward, if higher stay and repeat, if lower step back and try again. After a time most people will be stuck on small hills, a very s…
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Reminds me of "A Worker Reads History" by Bertolt Brecht: ------------------------------------------------------ "Who built the seven gates of Thebes? The books are filled with names of kings. Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone? And Babylon, so many times destroyed. Who built the city up each time? In which of Lima's houses, That city glittering with gold, lived those who built it? In the evening…
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