On talent
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On talent
“Average players want to be left alone. Good players want to be coached. And great players want to be told the truth.” – Nick Saben
Can a startup repair the winner-takes-all talent economy? With $8.5M, Pando wants to find out
Danny Crichtontechcrunch.com
Creatively - The Job Platform For Creatives
creatively.life
Creative work is inherently unequal. This is very visible in the income distributions of singers and movie stars, but less visible in white-collar professions.
Why? Thanks to/because of the office. 1/7
The job description Bezos wrote for his very first employee said, “You must have experience designing and building large and complex (yet maintainable) systems, and you should be able to do so in about one-third the time that most competent people think possible.
Colin Bryar • Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon
What people think are winning backgrounds:
- Ivy League grad
- good grades
- after school activities
Actual winning backgrounds:
- competitive ranked gamers
- flipping stuff on eBay
- door to... See more
Searchlight
searchlight.ai
When Generalists Are Better Than Specialists, and Vice Versa
hbr.org