"Hackers and painters" -- why not be stupid

Full time actors

Know you pushed me from the beginning “ Is it difficult to program or find a girlfriend ？”、“ Do programmers really think that writing code is more important than girlfriends ？”……

Or 10 Social skills 、 Don't lose on words 、 How to make yourself a popular person ……

There is one saying. , I also have a delusion that I can become an organization leader、 fall in love 、 Be president 、 Do the project . Of course, I also have to type the code 、 Learn mathematics . The result of one semester is a complete physical strike , I was seriously ill for a month at the end of the term 、 Grade point avalanche ……

《 Hackers and painters 》 By Polo · Graham calls students who get along well in the social arena full-time actors , Walk 、 having dinner 、 dress 、 dress up 、 Sing a song …… All actions are to make yourself “ strong ” people .

Bookworm

Paul was also a nerd in high school —— Be classified as stupid , People who can't speak . However, the author later recalled

If someone promises , It made me the most attractive student in the whole school , The price is the mediocrity of intelligence , I will never promise

Become “ strongman ” It is undoubtedly a great temptation ,“ strongman ” The standard of is frighteningly high .

I asked my friend how to attract girls like him . He told me ：“ You are different , I really want to learn something ; And I really want to pick up girls , different people have different aspirations . You can't do something you don't care about “.

Nerd's counterattack

The author thinks that hackers Is a group of people trying to find better programming solutions , Of course, most hackers are not good at words because they have been dealing with machines for a long time .

However , Now that's it “ simpleton ” The guy is writing the most popular program ——facebook、linux、mac…… Hackers also realize the happiness of pursuing wisdom in these jobs , They really like what they do .

author

The author Paul · Graham majored in philosophy as an undergraduate , He found philosophy difficult to understand, so he went to Harvard to study artificial intelligence ; Later Paul became interested in art , Dream of becoming a painter . After burning the money , Paul started his own business as a programmer , Write the first Internet software . After his success, Paul opened a business in Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship training class . Later in his career, he became an angel investor , Invest in the students of their own training class ,80% Of the students in the Peiyou class started their own businesses successfully （ commonly , This startup has a staggering failure rate ）.