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There's actually a bunch of people smarter than you that doesn't want to work with you because you're an arrogant little schmuck below their level. Figure out

by mtrimpe 14y ago

There's actually a bunch of people smarter than you that doesn't want to work with you because you're an arrogant little schmuck below their level. Figure out who those people are, become humble enough to start learning from them, rise to their level, rinse and repeat. In general it might be important for you to realize that modesty is an incredibly valuable skill that will allow you to continue to interact normally with people as your skill level is rising. The more modest you are the more awesome people will let you become without starting (wanting to) sabotage you.

speeder 14y ago
I had to edit my submission to make it shorter than 2000 characters. But I rarely worked directly with people that I wanted to learn from, usually I always end in positions where everyone else wants to learn from me. And that is horribly tiring, I want to learn, not to teach all the time Of course, right now I don`t have a choice, being a startup co-founder means that I am the leader anyway, but I had a couple of past jobs that I tried to end as grunt and failed, I always end falling up...
- mtrimpe 14y ago
  First off: greatness is not one-dimensional. Remember that you're comparing everybody against your chosen dimension(s) of excellence. Adding a another dimension is certain to make you a beginner in something again. You're a co-founder now so you might want to consider sales (in the broadest sense.) Secondly, I can guarantee that even in your chosen dimension of excellence there is someone in your town that out-classes you. Try calling the top consultancy in your area, ask them who their best programmer is and buy him dinner. If you can't learn anything from him/her than I'd bet on you being a bad learner. As a general conclusion: if you keep on improving and taking on bigger challenges then at some point you will reach your limits and you will find something you can't succeed at. It took me almost 30 years but when you get there you'll realize a) who exactly is 'better' than you and b) the degree to which you've been slacking all your life before that.

by mtrimpe 14y ago

speeder 14y ago

I had to edit my submission to make it shorter than 2000 characters. But I rarely worked directly with people that I wanted to learn from, usually I always end in positions where everyone else wants to learn from me. And that is horribly tiring, I want to learn, not to teach all the time Of course, right now I don`t have a choice, being a startup co-founder means that I am the leader anyway, but I had a couple of past jobs that I tried to end as grunt and failed, I always end falling up...

mtrimpe 14y ago
First off: greatness is not one-dimensional. Remember that you're comparing everybody against your chosen dimension(s) of excellence. Adding a another dimension is certain to make you a beginner in something again. You're a co-founder now so you might want to consider sales (in the broadest sense.) Secondly, I can guarantee that even in your chosen dimension of excellence there is someone in your town that out-classes you. Try calling the top consultancy in your area, ask them who their best programmer is and buy him dinner. If you can't learn anything from him/her than I'd bet on you being a bad learner. As a general conclusion: if you keep on improving and taking on bigger challenges then at some point you will reach your limits and you will find something you can't succeed at. It took me almost 30 years but when you get there you'll realize a) who exactly is 'better' than you and b) the degree to which you've been slacking all your life before that.