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Vindu Goel reports at the NYT that Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, addressing questions from Facebook users at his second town hall meeting with the public, shared the secret of his success telling users that mistakes are good and that successful people not only learn from their mistakes but spend most of their time making mistakes. “If you’re successful, most of the things you’ve done were wrong,” said Zuckerberg. “What ends up mattering is the stuff you get right.” If you get a few big things right, he said, “you can make some pretty important changes in the world.” Zuckerberg also discussed the importance of software programming skills. “If you can code, you have the power to sit down and make something and no one can stop you,” he said, predicting that schools would eventually require everyone to learn a little coding because it sharpens analytical skills that are useful in a wide variety of professions.
When asked what he thinks about Facebook becoming synonymous with wasting time, Zuckerberg said he wasn't sure he agreed with the premise of the question. He explained everyone is told they'll have time for life after finishing school or their homework, but they forget to realize that friends and family is what matters in life. Facebook, he said, helps connect people in a way society doesn't always offer. "We're proud of our contribution there," Zuckerberg said. "If we could make people a little more connected then I think that's valuable."
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 12 2014, @09:57AM
1) be born white
2) stable household with two well-off parents (dentist + psychiatrist)
3) grow up in a small community that has an extremely low poverty rate, good schools, and is close to a very large city with a good economy
4) private tutoring by a professional software developer
5) private preparatory school
6) Harvard
7) a mixture of hard work and dumb luck
See, it's so easy, anyone can do it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 12 2014, @10:34AM
and you forget the despicable things... everybody forgets to mention that always
You have to steal mails of people, even the passwords of their accounts (back then, there was no api with authorization token), steal all the links and spam everybody else... just like a virus...
I couldnt do that and get a good sleep at night, so I guess i dont qualify as rich-to-be
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday December 12 2014, @04:26PM
Oh come on, companies are queuing up to employ black people in highly paid jobs. The problem is they can't find enough qualified black people to employ.
Everything is set up to give blacks an advantage, and all they have to do is work hard at school and gain a decent education. However, crime statistics appear to show that black people are more interested in pursuing a criminal career than working hard at school. How is that anyone's fault but their own?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 13 2014, @01:10AM
You forgot "psychopathy".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 13 2014, @02:10AM
Being a joo helps.