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You’re not building a career · The Self-Improving Developer

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Success is always a product of two things: luck and effort. Nobody became successful because of sheer luck and zero effort. Nobody became successful because of sheer effort, and no luck. Remember, luck can come in many ways. My parents weren’t dirt-poor — luck. My parents weren’t rich — luck (I believe rich upbringing often leads to low motivation, high expectations and low tolerance of discomfort in life.) My parents nudged me to study — luck. I was born in a country that is neither dirt-poor, nor rich — luck. The country stopped being a totalitarian hell hole about the same time as I was entering elementary school — luck. My interests involved computers and programming from an early age — luck. I’m relatively healthy — luck. My kid is healthy — luck. I could go on and on. That said, it’s not just luck, is it. I consider myself very lucky, but if I didn’t spend thousands of hours reading, programming and just plain working with computers as a teenager, I would be a lot less successful

Success is always a product of two things: luck and effort. Nobody became successful because of sheer luck and zero effort. Nobody became successful because of sheer effort, and no luck. Remember, luck can come in many ways. My parents weren’t dirt-poor — luck. My parents weren’t rich — luck (I believe rich upbringing often leads to low motivation, high expectations and low tolerance of discomfort in life.) My parents nudged me to study — luck. I was born in a country that is neither dirt-poor, nor rich — luck. The country stopped being a totalitarian hell hole about the same time as I was ent

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