Probably not a popular tip for many on HN who enjoy tinkering, but its truth has served me well in my entrepreneurial endeavors, where as my nerdiness less so.
One cannot know everything and we all are bound by finite time, but if you learn the skills and build the network to bring many talents together, you can accomplish greater things than doing it all on your own.
I think you need both, really. If your entire game is "I've got connections" then you've got no game. Your entire game can readily fall apart if people decide to stop backing you.
If you have knowledge/skills but no connections, you've still got no game.
I think you need some of both to really get anywhere.
So this kind of ends up being good advice for people who err in a particular direction and could stand to beef up the part they are missing.
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"It's not what you know, it's who you know"
Probably not a popular tip for many on HN who enjoy tinkering, but its truth has served me well in my entrepreneurial endeavors, where as my nerdiness less so.
One cannot know everything and we all are bound by finite time, but if you learn the skills and build the network to bring many talents together, you can accomplish greater things than doing it all on your own.
Similarly: "No man is an island"
I think you need both, really. If your entire game is "I've got connections" then you've got no game. Your entire game can readily fall apart if people decide to stop backing you.
If you have knowledge/skills but no connections, you've still got no game.
I think you need some of both to really get anywhere.
So this kind of ends up being good advice for people who err in a particular direction and could stand to beef up the part they are missing.
It's not what you know, it's what you can prove.
- Denzel Washington in Training Day