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Having just watched the video (YouTube: vKmQW_Nkfk8) I feel nothing you say takes anything away from what he said. Most of us, including Steve, get caught up in
by michaelwww 13y ago
Having just watched the video (YouTube: vKmQW_Nkfk8) I feel nothing you say takes anything away from what he said. Most of us, including Steve, get caught up in short term goals and many of us indulge in some sort of entertaining distraction from thinking about hard problems. That's why we're not the next Elon Musk or Steve Jobs. Even if I take your word for it, that you know Steve Yegge and have many friends who hit it big, how do their failings (which are also most of ours) detract from the ideal?
- varelse 13y agoI'm not attacking his words, he's an eloquent guy. But I'm personally not into motivational speeches, I'm a hard-core believer in follow-through and results (and little else). And while that has problems of its own, they're not the same ones as all talk and no action.
- michaelwww 13y agoHe actually has been working on a big data analysis problem for the last four years, which is presumably why he was asked to speak, so your characterization of him as all talk and no action is incorrect https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTJs-0EInW8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTJs-0EInW8