Survivorship bias. For every fearless, boots'n'all person I know in a variety of fields (not just dev) who's "succeeded", I know many more whose headlong attempts crashed and burned. Consequences ranged from merely becoming more cautious, to homelessness and suicide.
Survivorship bias. For every fearless, boots'n'all person I know in a variety of fields (not just dev) who's "succeeded", I know many more whose headlong attempts crashed and burned. Consequences ranged from merely becoming more cautious, to homelessness and suicide.