Comment on Tell HN: Scratching my own itch: HN new comments highlightparentComments−bryanlarsen16yNow the question is: why didn't your original announcement (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1552545) ever make the front page? It looks like a nice interface that you put a lot of work into and would be useful to many people...−maushu16yLuck. People forget that luck is also important for success.You might have awesome skills but bad luck and fail, while someone else might have mediocre skills but great luck and succeed.
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Now the question is: why didn't your original announcement (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1552545) ever make the front page? It looks like a nice interface that you put a lot of work into and would be useful to many people...
Luck. People forget that luck is also important for success.
You might have awesome skills but bad luck and fail, while someone else might have mediocre skills but great luck and succeed.