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Not every kind of "smartness" is rewarded on the job market or on the market in general. As a hired employee, I am 5x wealthier than a couple of my peers who en
by bluetomcat 5y ago
Not every kind of "smartness" is rewarded on the job market or on the market in general. As a hired employee, I am 5x wealthier than a couple of my peers who enjoy solving a Rubik cube in 20 moves, or excel in IQ tests. It takes a bit of social aptitude and common sense to approach the right social circles, to present yourself in a likable manner, to reason in abstract terms.
- TuringTest 5y agoAccording to the model, those qualities only prevent you from being eliminated from the race. Winning it still requires a repeated stream of good luck events.
- amelius 5y ago> Not every kind of "smartness" is rewarded on the job market or on the market in general. Also financial smartness is a thing.
- ido 5y agoYou don't even need to go as esoteric as "good rubik cube solver". My first job was at a physics laboratory as a research assistance. At least some of the people holding physics PhDs from elite institutions (the one I worked in is internationally renowned and a source of many nobel prize winners) are definitely "smarter" (for some definitions thereof) than a lot of people working at FAANG companies earning multiples of their salaries.