alt Hacker NewsIt’s not luck. To assume so, let alone say so, is uninformed and quite rude.
Getting into these roles requires a ton of hard work. Yes, it’s a grind.
If you feel it’s only achievable with luck, I suggest you’re selling yourself short.
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> It’s not luck. To assume so, let alone say so, is uninformed and quite rude.
They did not say that. They said it included a high degree of luck. It's easier to get there when you grow up in a country where you have access to a computer, for instance.
> If you feel it’s only achievable with luck, I suggest you’re selling yourself short.
It most definitely is only achievable with enough luck: given the same "hard work", not everyone on Earth will get to the same point. I find it amazing how people don't understand that.
It doesn't mean that there was no hard work. Just that "I am here because nobody on Earth would deserve it more and luck has nothing to do with it" is... I don't know... narcissistic?
It is a large amount of luck, obviously. You didn't hard-work your way out of brain damage at birth. You didn't hard-work your way into your geographic location which gave you access to the resources that lead you to where you are, which are unavailable most places in the world. You didn't hard-work your way out of avoiding a draft for a war where you got killed at age 18.