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Yeah, but the CockroachDB guy (Ben Darnell, really impressive guy) was a full scholarship student which I wasn't and joined Google early which I didn't, so it's
by akhilcacharya 6y ago
Yeah, but the CockroachDB guy (Ben Darnell, really impressive guy) was a full scholarship student which I wasn't and joined Google early which I didn't, so it's hard to draw any hopeful comparisons there.
- strikelaserclaw 6y agoBut why would being able to draw comparison with the guy even be helpful? You won't suddenly turn into him. At the end of the day, you went to a relatively good school, work at a good company, what you can or cannot achieve going forward will be solely dictated by your merit. If your problem is that you feel that your abilities are not aligned with your goals in life, then you can either revise your goals or set yourself up for a lifetime of misery.
- akhilcacharya 6y agoBecause trajectories don't change, it feels, after you graduate high school. Successful before, successful after seems to be pattern in my experience!