Submitted by umberto_pagano t3_ye9v42 in news
hodorhodor12 t1_ity934g wrote
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I don’t like the guy but taking his company from almost nothing to a public company that has been profitable is an achievement. That takes talent.
drekwithoutpolitics t1_itzhzdo wrote
I don’t think it takes talent. It takes connections, wealth, and a staff of people. But talent doesn’t have a ton to do with it. It’s not like he took the company public, the company had thousands of employees at that time.
Being a sociopath might help, but that’s not a talent either.
Also, “almost nothing” is kind of misrepresenting how privileged he was as a kid.
Talent. Ok. 🙄
hodorhodor12 t1_iu084q1 wrote
I'm not saying the privilege wasn't a big part of it - I would say it's the biggest component of his success. But to say that it doesn't require talent to take a company public and maintain the user base and profitability didn't take talent is delusional and reeks of knocking down others to make yourself feel better.
drekwithoutpolitics t1_iu096f0 wrote
I still don’t think that’s talent, but I appreciate the weird “knocking down others to make yourself feel better.” That’s me, knocking down Mark Zuckerberg to make myself feel better!
What a weird way to spend your time, defending Mark Zuckerberg’s supposed “talent.” Are you sure we have the same definition of “talent?”
Talent: a natural aptitude or skill. That asshole absolutely did not have any natural aptitude for taking companies public, he barely had a natural aptitude for programming. He had tutors from a young age. He stole an idea and got others to help him run with it.
As if a whole company didn’t do the things you’re listing. Give me a break.
But keep going! Apparently there are Zuckerberg apologists and I’m here for them.
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