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Re:The Professor Who Made $10B by Cutting Google Its First S... by Rury on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:03PM (#36009000)
In any case, this is admitting that the system is more about circumstances, connections, and luck, not so much about abilities or merits of your work. But this is really why meritocracy doesn't exist - the measure of merit is ultimately subjective...
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Re:The Professor Who Made $10B by Cutting Google Its First S... by neximo64 on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:35PM (#36009138)
No, thats not what i'm saying. It is not about luck, since you have to commit something to get lucky. The assumption in the thread you are making is that the luck comes on its own - i.e without this $100k check Google would not have existed.

I also did mention that there was work put in in addition to the check as far as im aware.

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