Sam Bankman-Fried vs. the Match King

Re:Sam Bankman-Fried vs. the Match King by notjoemama on Sunday November 13, 2022 @12:55PM (#33585452)

Well but isn't the point a cohort favors their own? Rather than any old econ professor I think the impactful part was including "MIT". I think it's fair to say there's some difference between that and an econ prof from a small town community college. Same for the bit about Stanford. It's not an area in my career I'm good at, but I'm aware of the contemporary perspective "its not what you know but who you know". In a large enough company this becomes very obvious.

Which reminds me, I need to update my LinkedIn profile. I wish I knew what to post. This is all I can think of:

Day 1: here's my coffee cup <photo> Day 2: didn't sleep well, oh well Day 2: here's my coffee cup <photo> Day 3: feeling refreshed, thanks certa Day 4: interesting stackoverflow discussion <link> Day 4: here's my coffee cup again <photo>

That sounds about as interesting as watching rocks break down into dust. I get the "what" of social media engagement, but I don't understand the "how". If I did, maybe I would've gone to MIT.

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Re:Sam Bankman-Fried vs. the Match King by turtleyacht on Sunday November 13, 2022 @01:15PM (#33585687)

I guess on (one of) the other sides, there's groups of folks working on stuff, like in "circles" where they draw together, or code together--skill up together. Some kind of commonality keeps them gelled toward something. And I imagine there's no audition or interview for that. It just "happens."

You would think the immense reach of the Internet would allow for greater emergent wins, right? Larger network, larger opportunities. Their goal may not be monetary foremost, but their creativity is channeled into those projects.

I guess if we want it, we develop our capabilities to leverage the next opportunity. Without waiting, we create our own luck. Unending practice, making and learning and repeating. Maximizing the luck surface area, as they say.

But it may not happen on our usual timeline. It may happen in the hours between sleep and work, when we're staring at our bookshelves or bookmarks and thinking, "I really gotta do this thing."

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