the.com/industry legends
the people whose war stories become other people's textbooks.
means veteran figures so respected within a field that their reputation outlives their actual job title.
from the phrase rides on legend meaning a story passed down and embellished with retelling, which is exactly what happens to a career once colleagues start repeating it at conferences.
survivorship biaswe only hear about the ones who won
myth inflationanecdotes grow taller with each retelling
cross-industry exportadvertising, tech, and cuisine all mint their own
for instance
lee kun-hee — turned samsung into a global giant, died 2020
julia child — rewired american cooking with one 1961 cookbook
phil knight — grew nike from a car trunk to a $150b brand
grace hopper — built the first compiler, still called amazing grace