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"...knowing the right people means so much." Doesn't it everywhere in life? Unless one prospects gold in the wilderness, I suppose.
by fsloth 9y ago
"...knowing the right people means so much."
Doesn't it everywhere in life? Unless one prospects gold in the wilderness, I suppose.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoEven still, knowing the right people to sell to might come in handy.
- hobofan 9y agoI think the point was that even at that level of business, where some people might think that money can get you access to everything, knowing the right people is __still__ important.
- xapata 9y agoInteresting thing about the Klondike gold rush: It was considered polite to collaborate with neighbors and inform them about good prospects. Robert Henderson snubbed George Carmack, because of Carmack's native/indigenous wife. Thus Carmack didn't tell Henderson about a major find and Henderson missed out on a great fortune.
- kamaal 9y agoAlmost all promotions in the everyday company happen because the reportee has leverage with the manager. Work barely if ever gets you anything in life.
- owens99 9y agoNot nearly to the same degree as in this situation.
- watwut 9y agoInteresting that HN tend to swing between two extremes in this: "it is meritocracy, all is just about work" and "everything is corrupt and based on who you are friend with" (plus some who attempt to frame latter as former through it is not).
- fsloth 9y agoI was not implying cronyism (alone). Human lives are deeply affected by relationships - personal, business, or lack of. For example, what if Jobs had not known Woz? What if Bill Gate's family wasn't super established in the way it was? What if Softdisk had not employed the crew that became Id software? Etc. This does not mean an individual contributor can't come up with something groundbreaking locked away in some closet. But generally, that is million to one even in a population of over achiever engineers.
- DanHulton 9y agoKeep in mind, HN isn't just one person.
- watwut 9y agoYes, but it as if the two groups never met, I don't recall discussion between the two. Also it is as if there would not be people in the middle (where I am) .
- jcadam 9y agoWhen I was young, I believed in the meritocracy. Now I know better.