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Re:Jim Keller Resigns from Intel, Effective Immediately by alexpotato on Friday June 12, 2020 @11:53AM (#23500455)
After reading a biography on Musk I basically came to the conclusion that his life has been a series of 1 in 1000 bets that have paid off:

- Paypal

- Tesla

- SpaceX

etc

Multiple times in the book it describes how he gambled it all on whatever project he was working on and it paid off for him. He is clearly brilliant and exceptional at hiring great people work for him. I think it's also important to realize that survivor bias is also at play here.

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Re:Jim Keller Resigns from Intel, Effective Immediately by stephencanon on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:18PM (#23501439)
> I think it's also important to realize that survivor bias is also at play here.

Yup. The odds of winning three 1-in-1000 bets is 1:1e9, so we should expect to have a couple Elon Musks in the world out of dumb luck. =)

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Re:Jim Keller Resigns from Intel, Effective Immediately by liamcardenas on Friday June 12, 2020 @02:21PM (#23502101)
Assuming everyone took the bets
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