Wow, had to check some of his other repos; his the one behind dump1090
replyUnderstatement of the year :-D
replywhen you have enough money to not have to worry about anything, you can go back to your hobbies. in this case, his hobby is programming.
replyBeing a world class talent is independent of financial situation.
replyOf course it isn’t. If you can’t afford to eat you can’t achieve any potential you might have. Financial stability is a gamechanger for everyone.
replyThat's stupid, if you're truly talented you'll solve the financial stuff in order to pursue whatever you want to do - if you don't then that's on you.
replyYou should read Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
reply“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."— Stephen Jay Gould
replyTo show the world you're a "world class talent", whatever that means, also suggests you would either have to be a genius or have enough resources to work on your side quests. Latter implies you're well off so, no, I don't think there's zero correlation between the two in all cases.
reply"enough money not to worry about anything" haha
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