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Re:Twenty-something job seekers: Quit whining and get creative by randomdata on Monday June 04, 2012 @10:15AM (#4064076)
Changing your strategy because you keep failing over and over until you finally succeed is 90% non-luck.

What is the difference between changing your business strategy and changing your gambling strategy? If you tried lottery tickets and the horse track, then finally hit the jackpot at the slot machines, would you say that 90% of the win was due to your active involvement in choosing the game?

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Re:Twenty-something job seekers: Quit whining and get creative by paulhauggis on Monday June 04, 2012 @02:04PM (#4065088)
I suppose using this logic, getting a PHD is luck too. So is running a marathon or any other thing you accomplish in life.
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Re:Twenty-something job seekers: Quit whining and get creative by mistercow on Monday June 04, 2012 @02:29PM (#4065190)
That's not even a response to what randomdata said. S/he observed, correctly, that switching strategies until you succeed does not imply that you were not lucky. On the other hand, we can demonstrate extremely strong correlations between very specific applications of effort/skill and success at getting PHDs and marathons.
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