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by Retardo_88 2138 days ago
"In only a year and a half" --> How do we know she is not exaggerating? People have strong incentives to lie about their own accomplishments.
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“Now, she tells her full story for the first time: a story of extraordinary determination and resilience that reveals what it takes—and what it means—to be a whistleblower. Long before she arrived at Uber, Fowler's life had been defined by her refusal to accept her circumstances. She propelled herself from an impoverished childhood with little formal education to the Ivy League, and then to a coveted position at one of the most valuable companies in the history of Silicon Valley. Each time she was mistreated, she fought back or found a way to reinvent herself; all she wanted was the opportunity to define her own dreams and work to achieve them. But when she discovered Uber's pervasive culture of sexism, racism, harassment, and abuse, and that the company would do nothing about it, she knew she had to speak out--no matter what it cost her.”

— blurb for her book “Whistleblower”

I have no doubt she is smart and resilient. But there is a huge gap between "smart" and "one-in-a-million genius".

You quoted a marketing blurb. Of course it is supposed to sell the author.

It's a distraction; care about your own learning at whatever pace.
To put this into context: The video is from the same guy who plagiarized a paper and replaced "quantum gates" with "quantum doors" and "complex Hilbert space" with "complicated Hilbert space".

https://regmedia.co.uk/2019/10/14/siraj_raval_paper.pdf