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> I'm 22 and I feel if I don't hit it big within the next 2 years I probably won't. Two years is not long enough to become regarded as an expert at anything.
by gjvc 11y ago
> I'm 22 and I feel if I don't hit it big within the next 2 years I probably won't.
Two years is not long enough to become regarded as an expert at anything. You are potentially shutting yourself off from much with this attitude. I think many people have this fear of "never going to be as good as the others", but here's the thing -- many people think it, very few admit it, which makes it seem disproportionately scarier.
Stick with it. Learn from the 15 year olds until you beat them straight.
- hamoudi 11y agoI guess you are right, but the thing is. It's not about becoming an expert. You have these geniuses doing things that blow my mind. And horrible coders that hit it big with things like snapchat, which grow to the point you hire other people to rewrite and maintain it.
- gjvc 11y agoHow do you know snapchat is written by horrible coders?
- hamoudi 11y agoRead some articles on it back in the day, most security leaks are fixed now. But you used to be able to send large data over bash to snapchat accounts, entire movies even. Bad coders is maybe a bad term. Their requirements were shaky for months.
- zamalek 11y agoDon't worry if you aren't as good as the guys who started at 15. I started at 8 and there are guys who are doing stuff that is blowing my mind. There is always someone smarter than you (unless you're Knuth). Focus on what you want to do - not what others are doing. Be the best at what you are good at not what others are good at. Becoming an evangelist means that you will need to focus on your communication skills - getting the job might come down to quite a bit of social networking.
- hamoudi 11y agoThanks for your insight. I will definitely work on my communication and social networking skills.
- raidiant 11y agoAnd keeping in mind that there are more average programmers than extremely good ones or extremely bad ones. Keynote - Jacob Kaplan-Moss - Pycon 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJdFxYlEKE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIJdFxYlEKE It was posted a few weeks ago, and gives some insight in how we judge the greatness of a programmer and that we draw the line at fantastic or shitty. It doesn't follow up your reply as well as it should, but regardless it's good to know you can still become a 'genius'.