only 2 types of people in tech

What do the best people around me have in common? How to become like that?

TL;DR: In this short essay, I want to share my observations about two types of people I’ve encountered in tech.

Every day, I meet brilliant individuals who are doing amazing things. They are building businesses, founding tech startups, and solving real-world problems through technology. After some observation, I’ve come to realize that nearly everyone in this field falls into one of two categories:

1. People with a fixed mindset: This group primarily focuses on what they’ve already learned and the experiences they’ve accumulated, rather than on what lies ahead. They lack a flexible framework of thinking that would allow them to reconsider everything from the basics if needed. When speaking with them, it’s easy to notice patterns of ego emerging. Their egos are constraining them from focusing on what's important for solving a specific issue at hand and narrows their field of view to their past experiences. In the most extreme cases - ego somehow makes these people delusional, putting them far away from the nature of the problem they are solving.
2. People with a growth mindset: These individuals, both subconsciously and consciously, focus solely on solving the problem at hand & learning new things. They are willing to learn or relearn anything they know to reach a solution, even if it means changing their entire framework of thinking. They are not dominated by ego and avoid becoming overly fixated on existing frameworks for problem-solving they are familiar with. They are so obsessed with what they are doing - that they do not even care about actively promoting their past konwledeges and experiences

I’m sure each of us has a bit of a fixed mindset within us & it's totally normal, it comes by default to human psyche. My point is that we should all remember to tirelessly work toward becoming more like the second type.