tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post737342730433022237..comments2024-02-27T14:44:07.868+01:00Comments on Greedy goblin: Don't do better, do differently!Gevlonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-26705737945770892062014-08-01T03:11:10.271+02:002014-08-01T03:11:10.271+02:00The 10000 hours quote refers to experience. Some p...The 10000 hours quote refers to experience. Some people can develop skills further in a closed-box practice type environment. Other people can't, but they still need 10000 hours. It just has to come from actual experience, using the skill in practical situations.<br /><br />It is impossible to "practice" some skills, such as cooking; it's also difficult to develop skills in construction or engineering without doing actual work. As far as Gladwell is concerned, that's still practice if it progresses towards developing mastery.<br /><br />Read the book, kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-85884680807730014082014-07-31T13:00:39.973+02:002014-07-31T13:00:39.973+02:00While I agree with your view that a newer entity s...While I agree with your view that a newer entity should obviously not be on par with established ones, you have to remember that there are far less oportunities for innovation in Eve (no matter how sandboxy it is) compared to real life.jstkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13189193221678685401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-15533058741191678962014-07-31T09:59:40.618+02:002014-07-31T09:59:40.618+02:00There are always opportunity windows but in differ...There are always opportunity windows but in different fields. <br /><br />Most people with good training go to a high-paying job. Bill Gates could go work for the IBM for 6 figures first year upgrading mainframes. Yet he started working on Personal Computers, a field that barely existed. <br /><br />Of course if you are a clueless idiot you won't make a difference. But just having training, just trying hard won't help either: you need to go to an untouched field.Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-90716747985881841382014-07-31T09:24:31.460+02:002014-07-31T09:24:31.460+02:00"But sometimes the magic happens: guys go int..."But sometimes the magic happens: guys go into the garage of their parents and cook up something that changes the World. Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and many-many startup began their saga in the hands of untrained, unprofessional, unsupported, unconnected youngsters. Why shouldn't you be the next?"<br /><br />I recommend checking out Malcolm Gladwell's book [i]"Outliers: The Story of Success"[/i], where he thoroughly examines and dismantles this trope.<br /><br />It turns out that the heroes of these success stories were not so untrained, after all - if anything, they were the complete opposite. Bill Gates gained access to his first computer in 1968, when he was 13, so he had more than 10000 hours of programming practice by the time Microsoft became a thing. The Beatles had more than 1200 professional performances (totalling more than 10000 hours of practice) before they had their first breakthrough.<br /><br />The aforementioned "lucky timing" factor is also mentioned in the book. The conclusion is that you need both components for overwhelming success. You need to catch that elusive opportunity window *and* already have 10000 hours of worthwhile practice by the time it comes around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-17568477367379878162014-07-31T09:04:04.364+02:002014-07-31T09:04:04.364+02:00Indeed. You need to be where the field opens to be...Indeed. You need to be where the field opens to be a pioneer. If Columbus sailed to America earlier, the ships weren't good enough to make it. If he sailed later, someone else would get ahead of him. But that doesn't change that he sailed into the unknown instead of doing yet another trip around Africa to India as everyone else.Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-23927872950387094882014-07-31T08:34:15.449+02:002014-07-31T08:34:15.449+02:00In some ways it was. At the start of Facebook it w...In some ways it was. At the start of Facebook it was limited to American students, once that base of next generation users was quite well covered it opened and almost as fast as over night the established ones crumbled, because everyone knew already someone who was on there. <br /><br />In Facebooks case it was lucky timing. A year earlier or later, and someone else would have taken the place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-138555055001653432014-07-31T06:23:05.419+02:002014-07-31T06:23:05.419+02:00And many other. But neither one was known to the u...And many other. But neither one was known to the users. Most first used Facebook.<br /><br />He was among the first pioneers. The competitors weren't more established than himself. It wasn't like "everyone" was on MySpace and he took them.Gevlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072766785893313616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1461700565722278823.post-53825377207303052972014-07-31T03:05:41.146+02:002014-07-31T03:05:41.146+02:00"Zuckerberg didn't write a better social ..."Zuckerberg didn't write a better social media than the existing ones."<br /><br />Friendster, MySpace, Bebo, Orkutmugghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02082359858005139970noreply@blogger.com