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One important thing that was ignored in argument was you need to be nurtured in right environment to achieve mastery. Some people have that privilege (being born in right city, admission to a good school and landing a great first job).

Personally, doing stuff original author suggests like contributing to open source software and giving conference talks helped me to get noticed and picked into places that gave me the opportunity to grow.

What’s important is doing those steps strategically to reach your goals.




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