competing with people with PhDs Yes. This is the tragedy of programming and computer "science": you know everything about making tools and writing code to othe

competing with people with PhDs Yes. This is the tragedy of programming and computer "science": you know everything about making tools and writing code to other people's specs — and nearly nothing about solving actual real-world problems. That's why I mentioned carving out a niche. I didn't intend to build a whole plant, but a company which comes up with software which helps people building plants might have a fighting chance.