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Re:Selling ideas to a big company by petercooper on Monday December 15, 2008 @09:33PM (#399121)
Unlike many good engineers, however, it appeared he had the cojones and confidence to push his ideas. It's an unfortunate reality that confidence and ambition can trump raw talent almost any day of the week.
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Re:Selling ideas to a big company by kirubakaran on Monday December 15, 2008 @10:38PM (#399156)
Why is it an unfortunate reality? I think that is the coolest thing :)
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Re:Selling ideas to a big company by petercooper on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @09:53AM (#399513)
Would you rather buy something that isn't too good but is marketed well? Or something that's awesome but poorly marketed?
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Re:Selling ideas to a big company by kirubakaran on Tuesday December 16, 2008 @11:10AM (#399591)
IMHO this is a false dichotomy.

Anyway, I understood your original point to be "Fortune favors the brave" and I replied that this is cool because I can compete with my big brass balls ;-) I don't necessarily have to be as smart as my competitors.

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Re:Selling ideas to a big company by petercooper on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @12:20PM (#401141)
Oh totally, it's cool for people who are in that camp :) Not sure it's so good for the world as a whole though. There are plenty of stories of shy, retiring mathematicians and scientists who have done great work only to be ignored.
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