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I'll post the cliche quote so no one else has to: > “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life
by viklove 6y ago
I'll post the cliche quote so no one else has to:
> “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
It's important to be able to recognize that some skill or profession just isn't for you.
It doesn't mean you're a failure, it just means you haven't found your true calling yet.
Wishing you the best OP!
- coldtea 6y agoWell, some people are not "geniuses" in any field, and "true calling" is just a mystical new age thing. Being good enough, enjoying what you do, getting better if/when you can are more important. And of course, making money and creating things while doing it. And some of those "genius" stories are just BS leadership cult. Zuckerberg, for example, was just a mediocre programmer compared to tons of regular 100K/year or less working programmers and insignificant compared to famous devs from Brian Kerningham all the way to Jamie Zawinsky, he just had the right timing, the right connections, and the ability to build a rudimentary service all the way through, which is basically what it took.
- gargarplex 6y agoZuckerberg wasn't a mediocre programmer. He was an accomplished programmer who had shipped industry-level code by the time he was in high school. Adam D'Angelo was a USACO gold medalist. https://xkcd.com/386/ https://xkcd.com/386/
- wealthyyy 6y agoThat's why he shipped all code inside one controller.