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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by WrtCdEvrydy on Monday March 15, 2021 @09:48AM (#26466054)
Yeah, this was Scott who creates comics (I forget the full name). His claim is that it's easier to be in the top 80% of two things rather than the top 90% of one thing.
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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by sudhirj on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:18AM (#26466358)
You mean better than 99% of the population in two things together, rather than better than 90% in one. As in it's easier to be a top 1% percent programmer-laywer because there are so few of them, than it is to be a 10% lawyer or a top 10% programmer.
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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by nandhinianand on Monday March 15, 2021 @12:22PM (#26467952)
yep...that's what scott adams stand is..
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Re:Why are so many successful founding CEOs software engineers? by Zababa on Monday March 15, 2021 @10:06AM (#26466221)
It's from Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert. The term used is often "skill stack" or "talent stack".
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