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by binary132 887 days ago
Maybe it depends on how you quantify greatness. I think that if you're really good at writing a fast matrix kernel, that's lovely, but if you're really good at making a matrix kernel which is very useful to lots of people, or even just to your team or company, _that's_ great.
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> which is very useful to lots of people, or even just to your team or company, _that's_ great

agree

but you don't need to inspire anyone to do that

You just need to be great at engineering and have some empathy to your end users

I didn't say anything about inspiring anyone
Sorry, I misinterpreted your meaning of leadership.