Submission + - Success Not Just a Matter of Talent (guardian.co.uk)
NinjaCoder writes: The Guardian has an interesting article based on a new book (Outliers: The Story Of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell) which examines some persons of interest to computer technology (Bill John, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs amongst others).
It examines reasons for their successes and strongly suggests a link between practise (10,000 hours being the magic milestone) and luck. This maybe an obvious truism, but the article does give interesting anecdotes on how their personal circumstances led to today's technological landscape. It points out that many of the luminaries of the current tech industry were born around 1955, and thus able to take advantage of the emerging technologies.
Perhaps Slashdotters born in 1955 would like to list their reasons for not being millionaires? :-)
It examines reasons for their successes and strongly suggests a link between practise (10,000 hours being the magic milestone) and luck. This maybe an obvious truism, but the article does give interesting anecdotes on how their personal circumstances led to today's technological landscape. It points out that many of the luminaries of the current tech industry were born around 1955, and thus able to take advantage of the emerging technologies.
Perhaps Slashdotters born in 1955 would like to list their reasons for not being millionaires?
