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What holds more significance - something written by the women's husband almost a year ago, or something written by the woman herself a few days ago?
“Born lucky”
This aversion to the effect of luck is just making me realize how deluded many people are in the tech industry. And how they fell under the spell of lucky people who are successful, telling you it’s not about luck.
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You can’t control the outcome of the coin flip, but you can control how many times you flip the coin. Increasing the surface area of luck is about fostering opportunities to flip a coin Just simple stuff like showing up to work every day. Going to social events. Networking. Taking classes. These will increase the opportunities you have to flip the coin. Thinking there’s a fixed number of flips in life is false and re…
> You can’t control the outcome of the coin flip, That’s my point. That’s my only point. The outcome is still always every time going to depend on luck. Because you can flip that coin 100 times and it could land on heads every time when you wanted tails. Is it unlikely? Yes, is it impossible? No.
Focus on what you can control. People who flip more times are more likely to have heads. So be that person.
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You got flagged bc you’re a jerk about it. For what it’s worth. If you come to disagree and have a civil discussion that’s typically fine. But your posts are condescending and needlessly inflammatory.
Assume everything is learnable This made me think of late grandmother who used to say : "c'est faite par du mondes" which roughly expand to "a person did/learned/discovered that so there is no a prioi reason that I cannot do so myself". That's the greatest value she passed unto me. When I feel that I cannot do something, I think about that phrase and persevere.
I actually work for a guy like this now and at first I didn't quite get what he was doing, but I really like it now. He comes from a non-technical background but can code enough to be dangerous now. He loves talking to experts in every facet of what we do, and just start from the most basic foundational questions. He has absolutely no ego about embarrassing himself by the basics of questions he asks and no shame abou…
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Sadly, without a strong impetus to strive upward, there won’t be any high achievers to mooch off of or blame when things go wrong. Everyone gets a steady stream of good luck and bad luck. Consistently sailing upstream towards success takes a lot of grit and determination, something completely lacking in the minds of those who think they’re at the mercy of their circumstances.
Well, I hope one day if you’re down on your luck, someone lend you a hand. I know I would.
I’ve been helped by many, deserved and undeserved.
But to remove the role of agency from success is an overreaction.
The extreme right says life is a perfec meritocracy. The extreme left says it’s all down to luck and power dynamics. As usual, they are both wrong and it’s a healthy mix of both.
But since agency is the only thing you control, it’s best to focus on that.
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I actually work for a guy like this now and at first I didn't quite get what he was doing, but I really like it now. He comes from a non-technical background but can code enough to be dangerous now. He loves talking to experts in every facet of what we do, and just start from the most basic foundational questions. He has absolutely no ego about embarrassing himself by the basics of questions he asks and no shame abou…
> You also start to realize how narrow and sometimes shallow expertise is Thanks for putting this in such clear words. What I would really like to learn is not to be ticked off about seeing this. I get annoyed when somebody is pawning their expertise of as something grand while I think it's quite limited, and often, of course, so limited that they can't even conceive of the space outside their limits. I find my natur…
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> You can’t control the outcome of the coin flip, That’s my point. That’s my only point. The outcome is still always every time going to depend on luck. Because you can flip that coin 100 times and it could land on heads every time when you wanted tails. Is it unlikely? Yes, is it impossible? No.
That’s why you flip 200 times instead of 100. Focus on what you can control. People who flip more times are more likely to have heads. So be that person.
It’s obvious to focus on the things you can control, which is why I don’t focus on luck. And that’s also why I have sympathy for people who fail.
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I actually work for a guy like this now and at first I didn't quite get what he was doing, but I really like it now. He comes from a non-technical background but can code enough to be dangerous now. He loves talking to experts in every facet of what we do, and just start from the most basic foundational questions. He has absolutely no ego about embarrassing himself by the basics of questions he asks and no shame abou…
This guy will be a staff engineer soon.
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I don’t even know what’s going on here anymore. You’re artificially predicting a positive outcome. You said “repeat until I get the job“. But you could be very unlucky person and keep sitting there flipping and flipping the coin and never guessing right. I’m not saying to not keep trying. I’m saying your certainty of positive outcome is false.
It seems like you’re just being obstinate. At some point in the game, you’re going to be so unlucky that it’s improbable you don’t succeed. If I’m making an absurd claim, you’re doing exactly the same thing.
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"Is that like a person having a tell?" Yes, same thing.
Why would other pros say “nuh-uh, that’s not a thing”? I thought the concept of a tell was widely known.