You have to figure out what your own aptitudes are. If you play games where other people have the aptitudes and you don’t, you’re going to lose. And that’s as close to certain as any prediction that you can make. You have to figure out where you’ve got an edge. And you’ve got to play within your own circle of competence.
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
Technological breakthroughs require long-term investment and patience; short-term gains should not be the focus.