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Whenever I watch/read interviews with people who were successful in some way, they usually downplay the ugly hacks and shortcuts they took to get there, and are
by phendrenad2 3y ago
Whenever I watch/read interviews with people who were successful in some way, they usually downplay the ugly hacks and shortcuts they took to get there, and are quick to say that they "should have done it <the right way>". It's really hard to get any insights because of this inherently unreliable narration.
- WorldMaker 3y agoSurvivorship bias is a hell of drug.
- blitz_skull 3y agoThere was a great (IMO) article posted here on HN the other day about this very topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37100226 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37100226
- Terr_ 3y agoObligatory: https://xkcd.com/1827/ https://xkcd.com/1827/ I'm also reminded of something written by Scott Adams (decades ago, when his reputation was different.) > Most people won't admit how they got their current jobs unless you push them up against a built-in wall unit and punch them in the stomach until they spill their drink and start yelling, "I'LL NEVER INVITE YOU TO ONE OF MY PARTIES AGAIN, YOU DRUNKEN FOOL!" > I think the reason these annoying people won't tell me how they got their jobs is because they are embarrassed to admit luck was involved. I can't blame them. Typically, the pre-luck part of their careers involved doing something enormously pathetic. -- "The Dilbert Future" (1997), by Scott Adams