The book Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell opened doors of how and why certain people had success in their life and some individuals have a failure. It explained the differences of the smart successful man and the smart man who failed and why. Outlier gave examples of many men who succeeded or failed in life such Bill Joy, Bill Gates and Chris Langan. These individuals according to Outliers got ahead by having opportunities, Economic, Social, cultural capital and whether or not they had the opportunities available to be successful. Economic capital refers to the material wealth or economic power which would be money or power. Social capital refers to the social connection that we make in order to be successful. Cultural capital refers to have the
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“When Bill was a little kid, he wanted to know everything about everything way before he should’ve even known he wanted to know”(Gladwell,42) This shows Bill Joy not only his intelligence but, also would later show his ambition in life to succeed. He had parents who cared for his education unlike Chris Langan and according to Bill Joy parents “We answered him when he could and when we couldn't, we would just give him a book.”(Gladwell,42) Having parents who cared about furthering his knowledge will just alone give Bill joy an advantage. People like Bill joy had the opportunity to complete the 10,000-hour rule due to the mere fact of his background. The 10,000 allowed him to perfect his computer programming and also helped him be successful throughout his life. “Michigan was one of the first universities in the world to switch over to time-sharing. By early 1970s, Michigan had enough computing power that had hundred people could be programming simultaneously.”(Gladwell,45) This quote shows the huge opportunity bill joy was greeted with when he decided to go to school at the Arbor campus. In fact, this is where he found out he was inspired with programming computers. This opportunity that occurred showed Bill Joy his true calling and helped him be a successful man. The fact that he happened to go to this university that allowed him to practice time sharing and the fact that there was a bug in the system so that he could stay on the computers as long as he wanted. Also the fact that the university was willing to pay for the computer center to be open for twenty-four hours. The opportunity gave him the ability to have perfect his skill just in time so he could be successful and rewrite UNIX. Bill Joy had an overload of opportunities which lead him to successful in computer programming.Bill Joy as a young boy was surrounded with a little economic
“When Bill was a little kid, he wanted to know everything about everything way before he should’ve even known he wanted to know”(Gladwell,42) This shows Bill Joy not only his intelligence but, also would later show his ambition in life to succeed. He had parents who cared for his education unlike Chris Langan and according to Bill Joy parents “We answered him when he could and when we couldn't, we would just give him a book.”(Gladwell,42) Having parents who cared about furthering his knowledge will just alone give Bill joy an advantage. People like Bill joy had the opportunity to complete the 10,000-hour rule due to the mere fact of his background. The 10,000 allowed him to perfect his computer programming and also helped him be successful throughout his life. “Michigan was one of the first universities in the world to switch over to time-sharing. By early 1970s, Michigan had enough computing power that had hundred people could be programming simultaneously.”(Gladwell,45) This quote shows the huge opportunity bill joy was greeted with when he decided to go to school at the Arbor campus. In fact, this is where he found out he was inspired with programming computers. This opportunity that occurred showed Bill Joy his true calling and helped him be a successful man. The fact that he happened to go to this university that allowed him to practice time sharing and the fact that there was a bug in the system so that he could stay on the computers as long as he wanted. Also the fact that the university was willing to pay for the computer center to be open for twenty-four hours. The opportunity gave him the ability to have perfect his skill just in time so he could be successful and rewrite UNIX. Bill Joy had an overload of opportunities which lead him to successful in computer programming.Bill Joy as a young boy was surrounded with a little economic