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I agree. Medium is riddled with advice articles written by "Motivational Speaker and Coach living in San Francisco" types who have never done anything consequen
by terda12 10y ago
I agree. Medium is riddled with advice articles written by "Motivational Speaker and Coach living in San Francisco" types who have never done anything consequential. It's also turned into a speaking podium for womens' rights activists who I frankly don't care about. Not to mention 50% of the articles there usually starts with "You're all missing the point of X".
Rather read a real book about people who have actually done great feats. Elon Musk's biography, and Pixar's Creativity Inc have had much better advice than the fluffy articles I see on medium.
Props to this guy for having the balls to speak honestly about Medium.
- noir_lord 10y agoI read the Elon musk biography, I was pretty disappointed with it tbh, it focussed very little on the company side and was mostly a fluff piece about all the drama surrounding him and his companies. I get why they did it that way but I walked away not really learning anything I didn't already know.
- ForHackernews 10y agoImportant lessons from Musk's biography: - Wherever possible, get extremely rich early on by having the good fortune to be bought out by Paypal. - If the opportunity arises to be brought in as a charismatic figurehead for an existing electric car company, take it. - Be sure to absorb as much government largesse as possible in the form of subsidies and federal contracts, while portraying yourself as a champion for private-sector innovation.