I never heard of that term "Survivorship Bias" but I like it. My real point (that I make towards the end) is not that we can follow the path of people like JK and Branson, but that we continue to believe in ourselves.
I do believe writers can learn from her story, entrepreneurs can learn from Branson, just as investors can learn from Buffet...
Yes, and that is the point...Quora and Medium are very similar, but Medium frames their content as stories and Quora frames it as answers. That is the main difference to the general public.
I put up a landing page and "Showed HN" a few weeks ago created on unbounce. The general thought was that it seemed spammy. Yet, many of the items on the checklist were covered...what gives?
Just because the general thought on HN is that something seems spammy, doesn't mean it is. Focus on results, not the emotional feelings of people who may not even be your audience.
Is it possible that Unbounce landing pages themselves are considered spammy? You're asking "I followed most of Unbounce's advice when I created a page with Unbounce... why did it fail?" before asking "is Unbounce's advice correct in the first place?"
I don't know the answer either way, to be completely honest, but my personal view is that that particular style of landing page gives the notion that "this site is such a new idea in my head that I haven't even begun it!". That's my opinion, anyway.
I don't know the answer either way, to be completely honest, but my personal view is that that particular style of landing page gives the notion that "this site is such a new idea in my head that I haven't even begun it!". That's my opinion, anyway.
I feel like that in relation to LaunchRock pages now that so many throwaway projects are using it. Same feeling I get from unthemed Bootstrap sites too.
Judging by their "examples" pages, these all look really cheap and tacky. If yours was anything like it, that's the reason I wouldn't sign up. Design might take a backseat on other pages, but you can't afford not to have a professional/trustworthy-looking sign up/landing/features page.
You can follow all the checklists in the world, but it still boils down to passing the eye ball test. Just a simple test of judgement as to whether or not something looks/is high quality or not. This is the test that your visitors will be using, anyway.
If salaries are paid every two weeks (like mine) then you are not "working for free". If salaries are paid bi-monthly then you can make the case...but it's still not really working for free as you say. I'm not putting in an "extra day" of work, I'm merely working a regular Wednesday, that happens to fall on a leap year.
Unless your employer has already factored this into your fortnightly pay packet which may be slightly less than it was last year, to ensure your final annual salary remains the same. Assuming you have not had any other pay increases since last year, you may want to compare your pay slip from late last year with one from this year.
Don't let the haters get us down! I'll reiterate that I do believe perception is changing amongst many teachers in the field. However, the perception outside of the field is what you said...
In NYC I would say that it's still a mixed. The comment section on gothamschools.org (great local edu news site) is full of Angry Teachers waiting in the wing to jump on editorials and commenters with vitriolic language.
I do believe writers can learn from her story, entrepreneurs can learn from Branson, just as investors can learn from Buffet...