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"Running across the court is a necessary element in basketball, but it is certainly not what is sufficient to be successful at it. In fact, you can run across the court so perfectly every time, but be completely unsuccessful."

I do not understand why success is so important. I sometimes play football although i know i am pretty bad at it. Because it makes me happy. One does not have to be good at programming as far as he/she wants to explore this area, learn new things and see if s/he is capable of doing it.


I think success is mentioned because of all the people who have begun to enter the industry just to cash in somehow.


It was hard to adapt after using eclipse for years, but i did not regret it.


But most of the time people need money to do what they really want to do. I totally agree that money does not buy happiness, but if you do not have money, you will probably be unhappy.


And that is where the line to tread is, between being happy and not being broke. Happiness coupled with money would be the ideal :)


Totally agree. But the other ones were not as ridiculous as this one.


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