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I hope to God I'm a late bloomer, too.
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When you're in SF/Bay Area and trying to compete with the likes of LinkedIn, Yammer, etc, you're constantly bumping into that top 5%.
There's a tendency to overrate the talent at these well known companies. Remember, LinkedIn didn't salt its passwords...
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I for one agree with OP. The lack of capitalization made the article more difficult to read. For the record, I am not a brogrammer. Just a regular dude who's used to regular ol' English style standards.
Loved this quote.
Shit, except for all the cool places he's worked in the tech industry and all the people he's met, and all the success he's had, and of course the fact he has a lot more money than I do, this guy is me . I hope to God I'm a late bloomer, too.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
When you're in SF/Bay Area and trying to compete with the likes of LinkedIn, Yammer, etc, you're constantly bumping into that top 5%.
There's a tendency to overrate the talent at these well known companies. Remember, LinkedIn didn't salt its passwords...
Wow, I sure do hope he finally does that one thing that nobody, absolutely nobody can deny is important -- something as big as, say, a Twitter knockoff for the enterprise. Then he'll never have any nagging doubts about himself ever again. Hey, far be it from me to criticize someone who's trying to make a mark in the world. I myself am just past 40, a former child prodigy, not very successful in Silicon Valley, and st…
> something as big as, say, a Twitter knockoff for the enterprise. It's been done! http://www.salesforce.com/chatter/overview/
This is kind of inspiring. As someone who wrote their first line of code at 25 and won't be able to shed the "intern" title until I graduate at almost 28, it's really easy to feel like I screwed myself over by not being where I am now 5+ years ago. Especially so in an industry where the younger you are the better and there are stories of people in their 40s having a problem finding work. The real kicker is that I act…
To be honest, I wouldn't worry too much. Everyone is like "I was programming since I was 10!" Nobody ever asks what they were programming at 10, most people wrote relatively simple stuff until they grew up and got a professional job. Now to wait for replies from people who designed OSes when they were 12 :)