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0 pointsghaff2y ago0 comments

I think that's fair. In "ordinary" professions, producing solid work, as promised, is probably good enough for a lot of situations. It probably won't work so well for a professional athlete or for an actor that looking to do something other than small-time stuff.

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Jensson2y ago· 2 in thread

> In "ordinary" professions

Are these motivational articles about "ordinary" careers? If you want an ordinary career just be ordinary, no need to worry about greatness.

ska2y ago

I think they meant any career where the rewards are not dominated by a very small number of people.

For example, many/most? professional musicians struggle to make ends meet, but a small number make millions.

By comparison e.g. tech careers are nowhere near winner-take-all.

ghaffOP2y ago

Right. Typical professional careers generally reward consistent performers pretty well even if they're not 10x, CEO material, etc. That is not true of tournament jobs where the very top people can (in some cases) do really well and everyone else is doing it for love and tips.

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