Publishing your work increases your luck

Re:Publishing your work increases your luck by charlieyu1 on Saturday December 27, 2025 @09:55AM (#46402271)

I wrote a few math books. Does it increase my luck? A little bit, here or there. Will I recoup the 1200+ hours working on the project and be paid at least minimum wage for that? No chance.

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Re:Publishing your work increases your luck by jckahn on Saturday December 27, 2025 @10:22AM (#46402472)

I've had a similar experience with being a relatively prolific OSS contributor. It's a decent look professionally, but it hasn't led to employment.

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Re:Publishing your work increases your luck by rrsp on Saturday December 27, 2025 @10:54AM (#46402685)

This is why it’s luck.

Putting more out there will increase the probability of a reward, but it doesn’t guarantee it.

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Re:Publishing your work increases your luck by aarondf on Saturday December 27, 2025 @02:52PM (#46404651)

Very well said

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