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0 pointsdanbruc11y ago0 comments

Hard work is not important, good results are. That's a very different thing.

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tsenkov11y ago

Winning the lottery is a "good result", without a hard work.

Moving a pile of dirt from one place to another, every day, is hard work without a purpose.

Working hard (and smart) on problems you are passionate about gives you the best chance at succeeding.

And about impressing someone with your work, I have a rule - impress yourself. :)

jes11y ago

I think hard work is a necessary precursor to good results. Although, that hard work may not be of the kind most people associate with office work of the past.

danbrucOP11y ago

Fair point, hard work is not well-defined. I interpreted and meant it in the sense of throwing a lot of working hours at the problem. And I think this is not necessary for good results and may actually be counterproductive in some cases.

wrongc0ntinent11y ago

For my part, I think so is boredom.

judk11y ago

That's non-responsive. We know what the deaired outputs are. The question is what are the necessary inputs.

pekk11y ago

In that case, "more and more hours" is often not a necessary input

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