Why Silicon Valley Tech Wunderkinds Overestimate Their Own Smarts and Abilities

Re:Why Silicon Valley Tech Wunderkinds Overestimate Their Ow... by mseebach on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @12:43AM (#4135663)

A bit OT, but your methodology is flawed. That something is repeatable does not imply that repeating it is desirable. Creating a startup is lots and lots of hard work - assuming we're talking about proper FU money, they'd be crazy to give up financial freedom to prove a point.

Or a simpler example: you discover that you're out of milk, drive to the store, pick up a carton, stand in line, pay and drive back. You're tired and your favorite TV show is on in five minutes. If I ask you to throw away the milk and go back to the store for another, does that prove that getting milk isn't a repeatable process?

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Re:Why Silicon Valley Tech Wunderkinds Overestimate Their Ow... by dllthomas on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @01:34AM (#4135754)

> Or a simpler example: you discover that you're out of milk, drive to the store, pick up a carton, stand in line, pay and drive back. You're tired and your favorite TV show is on in five minutes. If I ask you to throw away the milk and go back to the store for another, does that prove that getting milk isn't a repeatable process?

This is glorious.

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Re:Why Silicon Valley Tech Wunderkinds Overestimate Their Ow... by dmbaggett on Wednesday June 20, 2012 @07:42AM (#4136511)

Touché. :)

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