Meh. Positive exposure is a choice. Knowing how to create that exposure, is a choice. If there is an application of effort at an opportune time, such that one i

Meh. Positive exposure is a choice. Knowing how to create that exposure, is a choice. If there is an application of effort at an opportune time, such that one is successful, that still necessitates the effort. Admittedly in the startup world and the early days of computing this was probably more true, that factors outside of your control influenced your success. It happened to be the case that computers were something people wanted to invest in, even though some random hacker in his garage was just doing it for fun. The volatility plus the hype exaggerated any effort that was put into the game in the first place, thus making the coupling between effort and success seem discontinuous. But a human still had to motivate themselves to build the thing. "How did my actions create positive exposure and how did I capitalize on things that appeared to me?" would be the operative questions here, not "what was the sequence of actions I controlled the world with?"