[pdog]

I don't get it. Should highly capable people not pursue a lucrative career path?

[jim_grue_wisc]

I think the tweet is implying that 99% of the "leaders" and "brilliant successes" in our "creative, innovative, disruptive" industry are in fact a coterie of not-very-remarkable, yet very-privileged, 30-somethings whose achievements rest on a combination of luck and having made the most soulless and conformist career decisions available.

[Judgmentality]

People can do whatever they want, but if they're truly "highly capable" maybe they should try something a little more challenging than following the herd?

I hold no ill will against all of these people getting rich this way. Let's just not pretend like they're innovators, though.

[pdog]

I still don't get it. Are the CS programs at Stanford and Harvard not challenging enough? Are Google and Facebook not demanding places to work?

[adamnemecek]

They aren’t compared with your own startup.

[Jasper_]

When "success" means having your product shut down and getting yourself acquihired, we as an industry need to find a better definition of success.