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"Reinventing the wheel is a young man's game" - Gary Bernhardt Thing is, most young people (read: 20's) don't understand this. They think they need to be the p
by mattgreenrocks 12y ago
"Reinventing the wheel is a young man's game" - Gary Bernhardt
Thing is, most young people (read: 20's) don't understand this. They think they need to be the person who came out with underscore.asm (or whatever terrible fad) to work on their "brand." Get those Github stars! Write more blog posts! Get more Twitter followers!
Because nothing says "hacker" like slavishly believing increasing a bunch of crappy vanity metrics means anything.
- mwcampbell 12y ago> "Reinventing the wheel is a young man's game" - Gary Bernhardt Where can I find that quote? I want to see it in context.
- pjmlp 12y agohttp://www.ourmidland.com/sports/prep/gary-is-baseball-coach-of-the-year-after-gladwin-s/article_9e487c90-c30a-5e4f-a68d-3951cd061497.html http://www.ourmidland.com/sports/prep/gary-is-baseball-coach...
- mwcampbell 12y agoI think you pasted the wrong link.
- mattgreenrocks 12y agohttps://twitter.com/garybernhardt/status/485997372334297089 https://twitter.com/garybernhardt/status/485997372334297089
- danielweber 12y agoRemember that I Love Lucy episode where Lucy is working at the chocolate factory? That's what keeping up with new technology is like. And all the kids think that the problem is that one of the pieces of chocolate rolling by isn't theirs.