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Why do the big "guns" get more credits for their technical skills?

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Bud:
Both Apple and Google would be nowhere today if it were not the investors who showed up at the right time. THEY were the ones responsible for the success.

james_s:

--- Quote from: Bud on September 21, 2022, 11:13:01 pm ---Both Apple and Google would be nowhere today if it were not the investors who showed up at the right time. THEY were the ones responsible for the success.

--- End quote ---

None of this stuff happens in a vacuum. Investors are a fungible commodity, it's true that they are needed for most businesses like this to succeed but you may as well credit the company that built the trucks used to transport the goods, the contractors that built the homes in which various garage based businesses started.

rsjsouza:
As hinted before, the problem is the cult of personality. Nobody is perfect and the various paths that someone takes to reach a level of popularity will leave scuffs and marks in the society and in the people around them.

In the age of information, positive PR is easier than ever to be created and distributed, thus exponentially feeding to this phenomenon for the non-cautious. Fortunately it can also work the other way and deconstruct this aura of perfection and über abilities or qualifications.

CatalinaWOW:

--- Quote from: rsjsouza on September 22, 2022, 12:22:06 am ---As hinted before, the problem is the cult of personality. Nobody is perfect and the various paths that someone takes to reach a level of popularity will leave scuffs and marks in the society and in the people around them.

In the age of information, positive PR is easier than ever to be created and distributed, thus exponentially feeding to this phenomenon for the non-cautious. Fortunately it can also work the other way and deconstruct this aura of perfection and über abilities or qualifications.

--- End quote ---

While the negative side of PR does provide a counterbalance to the positive PR, the exponential nature of both can lead to excesses in either direction.  It is another form of the differences of large numbers problem in numerical analysis.  Small errors in either or both of the two quantities meant to cancel can lead to very large residuals.

boB:

The big gun has to have some brains, obviously...

After that, the main thing is that the person (people) that start the company have to take the risk of devoting time and money to getting the product(s) ready to sell.  If there are investors, they will be part of that risk and get rewarded as well.

Of course, the company has to design something that people will want to buy and also have some business chops.

boB

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