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Think how difficult it would be for a young Mark Zuckerberg or Larry Page to advance within that group of people. It would be impossible. That's because these
by paulsutter 9y ago
Think how difficult it would be for a young Mark Zuckerberg or Larry Page to advance within that group of people. It would be impossible.
That's because these "elite" circles favor political skills, extroverted people with low conviction.
Peter Thiel points out that most original thinkers are introverted with high conviction, like Mark or Larry. That seems to be the formula for success in technology.
- vldx 9y agoYes, that is interesting thought; in fact, he even goes further and consider Aspergers as an advantage in this context. This is more or less validated by the OCEAN/5 factor model -- low agreeableness and low extroversion might be proxy for not being influenced by the convention.