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Work on the hardest problems you can with the smartest people you know. Keep that up long enough and you'll be all on your own, with some crackpot idea nobody i
by ipnon 4y ago
Work on the hardest problems you can with the smartest people you know. Keep that up long enough and you'll be all on your own, with some crackpot idea nobody is really sure if it will work or not. That's when you've met the cutting edge, the boundary of what anyone knows or has done. At that point you just keep on exploring. Hack something important and useful together, and invent it into the world. Don't worry about the laurels, they'll come in due time.
If there was a book called "How to Become the Greatest Programmer Ever" I would recommend it to you. The fact of the matter is the world is a strange and lonely place: Your guess is as good as mine. Follow the well marked paths as long as you can, never let good advice fall on deaf ears, and pray to heaven for guidance when the going gets tough.
- phoenixreader 4y agoHow do you get the smartest people to want to work with you when you are not as smart as them? The smartest people are all generally very successful and they themselves have wide-ranging preoccupations. What if the smartest people you know are decidedly interested in a different field than you do?
- ipnon 4y agoThe same thing that makes them interesting to you is what could make you interesting to them: They are working on something that makes you curious. Keep hacking away on projects, invent the future you want to see. Share the vision and work with the world, and keep a kind heart. You can't guarantee you'll be paired with exactly who you want, but someone will come along for the journey. Think of Joe Rogan, who arguably is the greatest in the world at getting smart people in the same room as him. He knows what he's good at and shares his knowledge, he keeps an open mind and curious character, and he always tries to stay polite and inviting. If you are looking for someone to model yourself after to meet more smart people, there are many worse choice than Joe Rogan.