On: Ask HN: What has your work taught you that other people don't realize?

[tempsy]

Little correlation between effort and reward

My biggest payday came from a junior role at a startup I got extremely lucky at

[tasogare → tempsy]

Probably the most important of the thread. Working smarter > working harder and communicating about your work and its impact is as important (sometimes more) than the work itself.

[pge → tempsy]

and that luck plays a much bigger role in success than most people think (we prefer to think our success is the result of effort and skill)