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And so Zuckerberg did not write code before "theFacebook" and it took him only 2 weeks to MVP? He arrived at Harvard in sept 2003 and the next week started to

And so Zuckerberg did not write code before "theFacebook" and it took him only 2 weeks to MVP? He arrived at Harvard in sept 2003 and the next week started to write code for "course Match" and then went on with Facemash... 1000 hours is around 20 weeks if you put 50h/w, less than 6 months. TheFacebook launched on feb4 2004. So 1000 hours that may well be it or even more in the case of Facebook.

zach 16y ago
The recent New Yorker article indicates that Mark put in a lot more than 1000 hours of programming before his freshman year. Search for ZuckNet: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_vargas?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_...
nikcub 16y ago
In 'the facebook effect' it talks about how Mark was up for a week writing the first version
joe_the_user 16y ago
I'm sorry but it should be obvious that while Facebook's success might have involved genius, it certainly didn't unique programming genius. Zuck didn't create a real time flight optimizer, an ultra-fast RISK chip or anything of the sort. He created a decent web app. He was no more a genius programmer than Bill Gates (who also might been both a programmer and a genius FWIW but not a genius programmer). What he created was a decent web app that began superbly positioned and then expertly skippered it into the true golden market position. The genius ranged from business to social to UI with programming ability being a distant if important factor. And that in many ways does contradict the 1000 hour thesis - he could have had experience in building great web apps beforehand. He could not have gotten experience building billion dollar companies before hand - but he did well (however much I might find Facebook unfortunate on various levels).
- benkant 16y ago
  > RISK RISC?

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And so Zuckerberg did not write code before "theFacebook" and it took him only 2 weeks to MVP? He arrived at Harvard in sept 2003 and the next week started to

by harscoat 16y ago

zach 16y ago
The recent New Yorker article indicates that Mark put in a lot more than 1000 hours of programming before his freshman year. Search for ZuckNet: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_vargas?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/09/20/100920fa_fact_...
nikcub 16y ago
In 'the facebook effect' it talks about how Mark was up for a week writing the first version
joe_the_user 16y ago
I'm sorry but it should be obvious that while Facebook's success might have involved genius, it certainly didn't unique programming genius. Zuck didn't create a real time flight optimizer, an ultra-fast RISK chip or anything of the sort. He created a decent web app. He was no more a genius programmer than Bill Gates (who also might been both a programmer and a genius FWIW but not a genius programmer). What he created was a decent web app that began superbly positioned and then expertly skippered it into the true golden market position. The genius ranged from business to social to UI with programming ability being a distant if important factor. And that in many ways does contradict the 1000 hour thesis - he could have had experience in building great web apps beforehand. He could not have gotten experience building billion dollar companies before hand - but he did well (however much I might find Facebook unfortunate on various levels).
- benkant 16y ago
  > RISK RISC?