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Re:Ask HN: How do some people build their careers so fast? by usgroup on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:41AM (#19085141)
Resourceful parents and/or luck.

Example of the latter:

Plenty of noobs joined the dev scene in London at its most under supplied. They suck at what they do for 70k/y and drop off like flies, the survivors, but a few years later, become managers / heads of / etc.

Re:Ask HN: How do some people build their careers so fast? by expertentipp on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @08:50AM (#19085212)
> They suck at what they do for 70k/y and drop off like flies, the survivors, but a few years later, become managers / heads of / etc.

They suck at staying overtime regularly, commuting daily 1h one way with an overcrowded train costing an arm and leg, and at bearing the pressure from cocaine ingested manager.