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Re:Breaking a myth: Data shows you don’t actually need a co-... by brahmwg on Saturday August 27, 2016 @10:20AM (#12372443)
I get what you're saying, and i think the whole "you gotta work your butt off to be successful" thing is a lingering noting from workoholic culture. "How many hours you put in?" is the corporate version of "how much can you lift?" And I believe it's not exactly right; working smarter is better than just working harder. But both do entail work.

Then again, isn't there some quote about inspiration and perspiration ;)

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Re:Breaking a myth: Data shows you don’t actually need a co-... by hvo on Saturday August 27, 2016 @11:00AM (#12372613)
Well, here is this about Bill Gates coding 18hrs a day in his first job. http://www.theatlantic.com/notes/2015/10/bill-gates-first-re...
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Re:Breaking a myth: Data shows you don’t actually need a co-... by krmboya on Saturday August 27, 2016 @12:51PM (#12373120)
Very interesting.

Perhaps if he'd managed to skip undergraduate studies straight to graduate school as adviced he'd be wrestling with hard enough problems not to think about writing programs for the upcoming PCs of the era

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Re:Breaking a myth: Data shows you don’t actually need a co-... by jomamaxx on Saturday August 27, 2016 @07:02PM (#12374568)
"you gotta work your butt off to be successful" thing is a lingering noting from workaholic culture. "

Completely false.

There are very, very few startups that are successful wherein the founders are not putting in crazy hours.

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