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Sci-fi writer Andy Weir doesn't love writing

WorkLife with Adam Grant

CHAPTER

The Martian

When it came out in theaters, they did like a company wide trip. The whole company went like rented out an entire theater to watch the Martian. And of course I went. So you're the guy who no longer works there but still shows up at the office party. Yeah. You've got to suck for a long time at a skill before you kind of start to not suck a little bit. Like for 20 years, he was just writing stuff nobody's ever seen or heard of because it sucked.

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