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tjradcliffe on June 25, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: What happens when you stop relying on resumes

The list of hobbyists who didn't go on to form companies around their hobby is orders of magnitude longer than the list of those who did. So it really isn't that useful as a metric.

ageofwant on June 26, 2015 [–]

Yea, survival bias. http://youarenotsosmart.com/2013/05/23/survivorship-bias/

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