smokestack412

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Ask HN: What were the most important classes you took in your CS program?
1 points by smokestack412 8y ago|0 comments
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by smokestack412 8y ago
I wish we'd (as a whole) stop using quantitative terms for things that aren't quantifiable. We can all do that, it's easy and it makes us sound smart. I've seen $100mm+ companies fail because Google decided not to like t
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by smokestack412 8y ago
Execution is an HN startup meme. Correctly: most businesses execute very unluckily. You're hopelessly down the rabbit hole if you think skill has the most to do with it, it's total nonsense. VCs don't invest in skill, they in
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by smokestack412 8y ago
Your premise has something to do with your success preventing you from being able to give advice to people? Something again about your success, and how you've been successful? And how your success facilitated your success? "Maybe
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by smokestack412 8y ago
I read the premise of the article to be that people who aren't successful a) aren't taking enough risks, and b) aren't working hard enough. This is wrong in at least two ways and denigrates people who a) can't, and b) ar
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by smokestack412 8y ago
I've been successful way beyond my control and I understand that. This guy doesn't and blames people who weren't for making him feel bad.
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by smokestack412 8y ago
This guy just learned the term "confirmation bias." The ability to take risk is a privilege that many don't have and he doesn't get that. A lot of really unsuccessful people work incredibly hard and never get lucky. He&#