Overnight Success.

There is a common misnomer among the general press, they believe a musical act can be an “overnight success”. What is often overlooked, discounted, is the amount of work, the setbacks, and the time that went into getting into the position to be an “overnight success”. The years of practice, the many rejections, and doubts. Success in entertainment is rarely ever easy. The perseverance, the hard work required for success, is part of the story.

This story will also be true for Autonomous Vehicles (AV). While entertainment and engineering are different fields of work, their practitioners often experience similar challenges. For instance, there’s been a lot of talk about Autonomous vehicles not being ready, in particular, “The Information” ran a popular series of articles highlighting the difficulties of Waymo. The Economist took shots, wrote a report stating that Autonomous Vehicles are...