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Re:The Surprising Power of the Long Game by Reedx on Monday October 29, 2018 @12:35PM (#18328824)
There's a lot more to it than that. They are hard and easy in different ways.

For one thing, your hardest examples are easy to learn and execute. The barrier to entry is low and a lot of people can do it. Not so much with tech, for example. There's a lot of work you have to put in before anyone is going to pay you and you may be breaking new ground. The ongoing work is often very hard, very complex and not fun.

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Re:The Surprising Power of the Long Game by thinkloop on Monday October 29, 2018 @12:56PM (#18329010)
Sure, but what's "harder", slogging mindlessly 8 hours a day dealing with the public for 10 years, or hanging out in a cafe with buddies memorizing text books for 5 years, then coming in at 11am and playing ping pong building software for 5 years?
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