on luck - by quinn - non alcoholic drinks

its a bit unsettling when my peers say that my technical skills are cracked, alluding to my past google internship, because i’m really not marginally better than any of them. this isn’t from a place of humility, the thing that smart people do when they say they’re not that smart and then ace every exam. the cold hard truth is that - i am simply your average, run of the mill, software engineering student from a non-target school in canada. if there’s one thing that might separate me from them is that i just might be a bit more lucky. for around a year now, i’ve been thinking about where i am compared to my peers, and the conclusion i landed at was that to be successful, you want to maximize your surface area of luck, and then be skillful to capitalize on an opportunity. take the mona lisa for example. could you honestly tell me what makes the mona lisa so successful (popular) as a painting? in an attempt to scrutinize physical qualities, you might realize that, sure while it might look

its a bit unsettling when my peers say that my technical skills are cracked, alluding to my past google internship, because i’m really not marginally better than any of them. this isn’t from a place of humility, the thing that smart people do when they say they’re not that smart and then ace every exam. the cold hard truth is that - i am simply your average, run of the mill, software engineering student from a non-target school in canada. if there’s one thing that might separate me from them is that i just might be a bit more lucky. for around a year now, i’ve been thinking about where i am co