"But information technology is what I know, and it’s probably too late for me to learn a new field from scratch." Rationalization; party line. (Someone as sma

"But information technology is what I know, and it’s probably too late for me to learn a new field from scratch." Rationalization; party line. (Someone as smart as Chris Dixon could pick up a new field in 3 months. It actually doesn't take that much intelligence to learn a new field. It takes some intelligence, it takes a good mentor and it takes discipline.)