How I Ended Up in Tech by Chance
Frustrated by the people who are claiming that this piece or the company is racist&#x2F;unexceptional, or that this man&#x27;s success is due to exclusively hard work. They are missing a greater point that hard work and circumstance are both needed and one is significantly less useful without the other, and that there are structural social challenges that should be addressed.<p>It&#x27;s also very possible to praise this, and everyone else&#x27;s, achievement without: comparing starting circumstance in an attempt to one-up each other on the tragedy train, discounting luck, or discounting other struggles.<p>Discussions like this remind me of this poignant comic on income inequality that is pretty much impossible to argue around: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thewireless.co.nz&#x2F;articles&#x2F;the-pencilsword-on-a-plate" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;thewireless.co.nz&#x2F;articles&#x2F;the-pencilsword-on-a-plate</a>