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You were an AI researcher in 2000 and decided to take a risk and join a startup, this is a very poor definition of luck. Luck does always belong in the convers
by aje403 9y ago
You were an AI researcher in 2000 and decided to take a risk and join a startup, this is a very poor definition of luck.
Luck does always belong in the conversation - "All great events hang by a hair, I believe in luck, and the wise man neglects nothing which contributes to his destiny"
- lisper 9y agoThe lucky part was that I joined the one startup that turned into the runaway success out of the many hundreds that were available to choose from at the time that failed. This was during the height of the first dotcom boom. Next Big Things were a dime a dozen.
- z-combinator 9y agoRight but what are the odds of having had the life experiences that would lead to being a paid AI researcher in the early 2000s. How many people would have the luck and privilege to be in that niche field, be smart enough to be competitive and in the right network to get that job. That is the definition of luck. Only a small subset of people born in a particular window would even have a small chance. I'm sure lisper is a smart and hardworking person, but so are lots of people.