玩拼字游戏时，你需要三样东西：丰富的词汇量、良好的策略以及一点运气。一切都是为了好玩和游戏。
Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, 对输掉与朋友的高中女儿的拼字游戏感到不快 于是他决定创建一个程序，向他展示最佳的单词组合. 竞争不分年龄。
故事是什么？
Aboard the corporate jet, Mark Zuckerberg played a game with his friend’s teenage daughter – and she beat him. Being the competitive man that he is, he built a program to help him win the next match. (Source: NY Post)
这个程序是如何工作的？
对于像Zuckerberg这样的编程天才来说，制作这样一个基础程序几乎不费吹灰之力。该程序’s end goal was simple. It was designed to give him all the possible word combinations out of the letters he placed in.
This allowed him to choose the highest possible score which would ultimately give him a lead against his opponent. In an interview with the New Yorker, Zuckerberg said “During the game in which I was playing the program, everyone around us was taking sides: Team Human and Team Machine.” (Source: The New Yorker)
Facebook的CEO一直这么有竞争心吗？
A former Facebook employee by the name of Dave Morin, used to play Risk with Zuckerberg at the office. He told the NY Post, “He’s playing you in a game of games. He’s trying to figure out the psychological way to beat you in all the games.” (Source: NY Post)
Former Twitter CEO, Dick Costolo told Evan Osnos of the New Yorker, “He’s a ruthless execution machine, and if he has decided to come after you, you’re going to take a beating.” (Source: Business Insider)
And they are not the only once who think this way. Even LinkedIn CEO Reid Hoffman agrees that there is a common misconception about Zuckerberg’s competitiveness. One thing is for sure, there’s more than what meets the eye. Hoffman told the New Yorker, “There are a number of people in the Valley who have a perception of Mark that he’s really aggressive and competitive. I think some people are a little hesitant about him from that perspective.” (Source: Business Insider)
这是一种竞争心还是纯粹的傲慢？
A lot of people might misconstrue Zuckerberg’s actions into something else especially after the release of The Social Network. If you have not seen the film yet, the plot focuses on the early years of Facebook and his relationships with his then friends. His character in the film comes off as cold, sly, and woman-crazy. (Source: Business Insider)
Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg told the New Yorker, “From its facts to its essence to its portrayal, I think that was a very unfair picture. I still think it forms the basis of a lot of what people believe about Mark.” Facebook, nor Zuckerberg chose to be involved in the film. (Source: Business Insider)
Aside from personal friends and other co-workers, the iconic Bill Gates had a few things to say about the Facebook’s CEO: “Somebody who is smart, and rich, and ends up not acknowledging problems as quickly as they should will be attacked as arrogant. That comes with the territory, I wouldn’t say that Mark’s an arrogant individual.” (Source: Business Insider)
