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Like mediocre people in any field, they're fighting the last war, and the last war was won by Mark Zuckerberg. My curiosity has been piqued. Does the author
by git-pull 13y ago
Like mediocre people in any field, they're fighting
the last war, and the last war was won by Mark Zuckerberg.
My curiosity has been piqued. Does the author have point of view previously stated on Zuckerberg?
Where does Zuckerberg stand merit wise? I see him in the news headlines often with his smiling picture. What makes him more clever than the rest of you.
- temuze 13y agoBecause he destroyed the idea that young whippersnappers need "adult supervision".
- loumf 13y agoBill Gates did a pretty good job before that (whereas Jobs and Page&Brin brought in adults)
- angersock 13y agoJobs is an interesting example, specifically because the adults brought in to run Apple ran the company into the ground in the 80s and 90s.
- git-pull 13y agoTo cut to the point, how many leg ups did Zuckerberg get between luck and connections? What part of his success was environment, what part was his own will and power? Where does he stand as an engineer, at founding and then? Is he just a face, a legend, or does is he a real decision maker?
- the_watcher 13y agoHe controls 57% of the Facebook voting stock (may be less after his secondary offering). He's one of the most powerful founder CEO's in the world. Zuck definitely got some advantage in connections and upbringing, but there have been countless other founders with the same advantage who didn't win the war PG is talking about.
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