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When I was visiting India for work back in 2006, I got my name published on The Times of India newspaper. I was reading it while having breakfast at the hotel,
by sedatk 2y ago
When I was visiting India for work back in 2006, I got my name published on The Times of India newspaper. I was reading it while having breakfast at the hotel, and I saw this sports related question, and all you had to do was to send an email with your answer. So, I did that. And apparently, only a few people did it. I got my name printed on the next issue.
We're talking about a national newspaper with a circulation of ~3 million at the time. I still keep the copy of the issue with my name. Sometimes, just showing up can take you to the top 0.0002%. :)
- shermantanktop 2y agoIt’s what I tell my kids. Two things will put you ahead of most people doing most things: 1) show up and 2) try.
- a_t48 2y agoLuck is where preparation meets opportunity.
- beng-nl 2y agoOr, at the risk of being redundant, but from the wonderful lecture by Richard Hamming, “Luck favors the prepared mind.”
- ravenravenpl 2y agoI wish someone has taught me that. It really boils down to that most of the time.
- aneeshnl 2y agoMe and my friend were fans of LinuxForU magazine, now OpenSourceForU. I once wrote a reply or so and it was printed in next edition. Inspired by that, we wrote an article, a simple one. That too was printed in next edition. We got a little money also from it, I think.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoThis is not to be underestimated; you see these opinion pieces or columns in newspapers and think, "wow these must be like the smartest and most well-known people who passed a rigorous application procedure" etc, but in practice... there's very few people actually willing and able to do these things.
- trustno2 2y agoYou realize it's true because the same people easily morph their "areas of knowledge" so they can write opinion column about basically anything.