> We all know stories of ambitious and talented people like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, who grew companies and created great wealth.
True. Yet both were extremely lucky at the beginning. We all know the story but Gates' mother knew IBM President John Opel, his father was a prominent contract lawyer, and IBM originally wanted CP/M but Gary Kindall missed the meeting to fly his plane. And Microsoft retaining the rights to the OS was, in hindsight, a very grave mistake.
Jobs had the charisma and drive, but without Woz I'm sure we wouldn't be talking now about Apple.
But given the opportunity that this initial luck gave them, they absolutely maximised it, so good on them.
But they could've still made something of themselves, even if that opportunity didn't pan out? They might not have become billionaires, but I don't think it's unrealistic to assume both would've done well in life.
True. Yet both were extremely lucky at the beginning. We all know the story but Gates' mother knew IBM President John Opel, his father was a prominent contract lawyer, and IBM originally wanted CP/M but Gary Kindall missed the meeting to fly his plane. And Microsoft retaining the rights to the OS was, in hindsight, a very grave mistake.
Jobs had the charisma and drive, but without Woz I'm sure we wouldn't be talking now about Apple.
But given the opportunity that this initial luck gave them, they absolutely maximised it, so good on them.