[HN Gopher] It's not that hard to be in the top 10% of your field
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       It's not that hard to be in the top 10% of your field
        
       Author : victorronin
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2021-08-18 18:46 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | mewpmewp2 wrote:
       | Doing what you don't want to do, is hard though.
        
       | jokethrowaway wrote:
       | It's not that hard just for 10% of the people.
        
       | criticaltinker wrote:
       | Certainly a nice positive message, and there's no doubt that
       | consistency and discipline can take you very far. "Slow and
       | steady wins the race" is a mantra we've all heard before.
       | 
       | But it really depends what "your field" is, and how old you are.
       | For example, good luck pivoting mid-career from software
       | engineering to professional hockey.
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       | Also, "not that hard" means different things to each of us. Some
       | people are so passionate about their hobbies that giving them up
       | to be in the top 10% (according to whatever metric) is not even
       | close to an attractive tradeoff.
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       | In life we all have a trajectory determined by our genetics,
       | environment, childhood, and life decisions. Don't let that limit
       | your imagination and ambition. But you'd be foolish to believe
       | the laws of physics don't apply to you.
        
       | lethologica wrote:
       | I was hoping for more quantitative analysis. All this boils down
       | to is do your work, go a little bit further, and be curious.
       | Where I work, that's just the baseline for getting into the
       | company.
        
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