The 10,000-Hour Rule

Posted 2020-06-16

摘自<<Outliers>> chapter 2

 

Just look at the stream of opportunitires that came Bill Joy‘s way. 

Because he happened to go to a farsighted school like the University of Michigan, he was able to practice on a time-sharing system instead of with punch cards; 

because the Michigan system happened to have a bug in it, he could program all he wanted; 

because the university was willing to spend the money to keep the Computer Center open 24 hours, he could stay up all night;

and because he was able to put in so many hours, by the time he happened to be presented with the opportunity to rewrite UNIX, he was up to the task.

Bill Joy was brilliant. He wanted to learn. That was a big part of it.

But before he could become an expert, someone had to give him the opportunity to learn how to be an expert.