I heard this story from my friend Jerry over the weekend. Jerry has a friend working at Google. His friend is about 40. Last month, his friend proposed a project to his manager and asked for one month to do it. Jerry's friend thought he was good and 30 days was actually quite a short time for the project. His boss would be impressed. A young colleague, fresh out of college, stopped by, asked about it, then said "30 days is too long, I can do it in 3 days". Jerry's friend couldn't believe his ears. "No way, you are bluffing." He told the young guy.
Of course, no young engineer would like to be called "bluffing" from his elder colleague. After 3 days, he announced to Jerry's friend that it was done. Jerry's friend couldn't believe it, but the work was indeed done. "How can you do it in such a short time?" He asked his young colleague and found that he just worked 3 days consecutively without much sleep. Jerry's friend was really depressed. How could he compete with those people who didn't even need sleep. How could he even win any respect? Jerry's friend seriously considered if he should leave Google...
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