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>The simple answer is...because they're all geeks who just got lucky. I reached out to someone that is easily a peer of these types once and asked for advice,
by ryanmercer 8y ago
>The simple answer is...because they're all geeks who just got lucky.
I reached out to someone that is easily a peer of these types once and asked for advice, wanting to know what their secret was. Their reply was indeed that they were afraid it was was mostly luck.
That said, that individual is far more interesting than most of their peers (even those that are more successful financially).
- tibbon 8y agoA friend who was the co-founder of a very large company in the early 2000's that went public told me two things shortly after meeting him: 1) Take having fun seriously 2) Getting lucky is fine I know he worked hard on things, but basically his point was that he was very lucky and in the right place at the right time.