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Re:Ask HN: Why isn't remote work advertised as a pro environ... by stackbutterflow on Monday November 21, 2022 @04:15PM (#33698027)
It's interesting that you start your post by demythifying these people only to close it by rebuilding the myth again. It's like we can't accept they are just like us posting on HN.
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Re:Ask HN: Why isn't remote work advertised as a pro environ... by jokethrowaway on Monday November 21, 2022 @07:57PM (#33700430)
It's not building the myth but explaining the clear difference.

I'm not as conscientious or as laser focused as Elon Musk so my chances of getting there are lower.

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Re:Ask HN: Why isn't remote work advertised as a pro environ... by BiteCode_dev on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @03:05AM (#33703255)
There is nothing mythical as having qualities that others don't have, and any context or system have a local maximum, which optimize for a certain kind of outcome.

My qualities would have me dead 200 years ago, but make me earn money and social status in 2022. It's not that I'm amazing, it's just the current context is very favorable to those qualities.

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