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Success in sports is very different than success in programming. There are very specific events that people have a limited time to train their bodies for so th
by darod 9y ago
Success in sports is very different than success in programming. There are very specific events that people have a limited time to train their bodies for so that they peak at the right moments. If you don't do it within that time frame, the opportunity is lost. A programmer doesn't have a comparable definable event and there's no limit to the amount of times you can peak with creating a business outside of dying. All athletes must ultimately redefine themselves, whether as a trainer/coach or move to a completely different industry. When that transition happens they have to live with the result of the investment they made in their athletic careers. A coder can program from childhood to death and never has to redefine themselves outside of learning more languages, frameworks, platforms and that applies to their entire life.
- ams6110 9y agoMostly true, though I've known a few people who realized, after several years, that they were "not cut out" to be programmers. They then had to redefine themselves in that way. But you're right that athletics is unique in that there are a small number of years in which your body and brain are in the right stage of development to achieve peak performance. If you don't achieve your goals in that time, the only consolation you can hope to take away is that you made the effort, and hopefully reached the limits of your capability.
- analyst74 9y agowhat GP means is not that you are granted success if you keep trying. he/she is saying that the fun is in pursuing something beyond your abilities, knowing there is a good chance you will fail in the end.