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“Some people really benefit from hearing advice that everyone knows...”

61 points by jxub 9y ago

toomuchtodo 9y ago
Tweet storm concatenated: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/936615043126370306.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/936615043126370306.html
- mdaniel 9y ago
  Wow, what a stunningly helpful service, especially since Patrick seems to make use of Twitter threads more often than a lot of my other followers. Thanks for introducing that page/app to me
  - toomuchtodo 9y ago
    No worries! I found it myself by reading through the replies to the tweet storm.
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AznHisoka 9y ago
Disagree on the view that ideas are not valuable. its a common clique that people assume is true. Ideas that are not well researched are worth little. But ideas that are scrutinized and based on months of customer interviews and market research are extremely valuable.
- jxub 9y ago
  But we can argue that this research is already part of the execution... the semantics of the idea/execution meme seem quite blurry IMHO, and lend themselves good mostly just to writing Medium posts.
- wavefunction 9y ago
  Offered only in the spirit of friendship, I'd believe you may mean 'cliché' rather than 'clique.'
- eikenberry 9y ago
  You just described one of the first steps in the execution of an idea. The idea itself is still worthless, but the research into that idea can be of great value.
- icelancer 9y ago
  >> But ideas that are scrutinized and based on months of customer interviews and market research are extremely valuable. Everyone inherently knows that. That's an "idea" that is more like a research project that had tons of effort put into it. Patrick's comments are for the people who think "BLOCKCHAIN BUT FOR DATING SITES."
  - slavik81 9y ago
    A more charitable example of a valueless idea would be my idea of a jewelery company that takes you through the process of forging your own engagement or wedding rings. For something that sentimental, I think there's a lot of people who would appreciate being able to say they did more than just drop down a few thousand dollars on a jewelery store counter. But, making goldsmithing accessable to the general public would probably be a very difficult business to start even for someone experienced. How do you cheaply train up random people to get good results? Maybe with the right equipment and expert guidance, people could do it. However, the research and design that would go into putting that workshop and program together would have to be pretty extensive. Hence, as good as an idea as I think it is, it's valueless without a detailed plan and some actual validation.
- hartator 9y ago
  > scrutinized and based on months of customer interviews and market research are extremely valuable This is called execution. It's not an idea anymore.
  - badestrand 9y ago
    Better example: Idea 1 is a food delivery platform like JustEat. Idea 2 is umbrellas for cats. Both in a market where both are not present yet. Food delivery does work and is quite straight forward, you can not really mess that up. Umbrellas for cats will fail, no matter how great you execute.
nukeop 9y ago
Why does this sound like the meditations of an obnoxious smartass college student who tried weed for the first time? I know that cynicism is trendy and talking with confidence is enough to fool most people but this is just sad, boring, and shouldn't be done by a guy of that age and with that kind of face.
- sctb 9y ago
  Personal attacks like this have no place on HN. Could you please start posting according to the guidelines? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
greenyoda 9y ago
Extensive discussion a couple of months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15826445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15826445
liquidise 9y ago
> Salaries in the tech industry are up a lot in the last few years This is an impression i have perceived more than experienced the last few years. Does someone have some research on the topic, specifically outside of the parallel payscale universe that is the valley? For instance: what is a reasonable expectation for salary levels once you hit 30 with 7+ years of startup strategy and coding experience?

61 points by jxub 9y ago

Tweet storm concatenated: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/936615043126370306.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/936615043126370306.html

mdaniel 9y ago
Wow, what a stunningly helpful service, especially since Patrick seems to make use of Twitter threads more often than a lot of my other followers. Thanks for introducing that page/app to me
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  No worries! I found it myself by reading through the replies to the tweet storm.

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AznHisoka 9y ago

Disagree on the view that ideas are not valuable. its a common clique that people assume is true. Ideas that are not well researched are worth little. But ideas that are scrutinized and based on months of customer interviews and market research are extremely valuable.

jxub 9y ago
But we can argue that this research is already part of the execution... the semantics of the idea/execution meme seem quite blurry IMHO, and lend themselves good mostly just to writing Medium posts.
wavefunction 9y ago
Offered only in the spirit of friendship, I'd believe you may mean 'cliché' rather than 'clique.'
eikenberry 9y ago
You just described one of the first steps in the execution of an idea. The idea itself is still worthless, but the research into that idea can be of great value.
icelancer 9y ago
>> But ideas that are scrutinized and based on months of customer interviews and market research are extremely valuable. Everyone inherently knows that. That's an "idea" that is more like a research project that had tons of effort put into it. Patrick's comments are for the people who think "BLOCKCHAIN BUT FOR DATING SITES."
- slavik81 9y ago
  A more charitable example of a valueless idea would be my idea of a jewelery company that takes you through the process of forging your own engagement or wedding rings. For something that sentimental, I think there's a lot of people who would appreciate being able to say they did more than just drop down a few thousand dollars on a jewelery store counter. But, making goldsmithing accessable to the general public would probably be a very difficult business to start even for someone experienced. How do you cheaply train up random people to get good results? Maybe with the right equipment and expert guidance, people could do it. However, the research and design that would go into putting that workshop and program together would have to be pretty extensive. Hence, as good as an idea as I think it is, it's valueless without a detailed plan and some actual validation.
hartator 9y ago
> scrutinized and based on months of customer interviews and market research are extremely valuable This is called execution. It's not an idea anymore.
- badestrand 9y ago
  Better example: Idea 1 is a food delivery platform like JustEat. Idea 2 is umbrellas for cats. Both in a market where both are not present yet. Food delivery does work and is quite straight forward, you can not really mess that up. Umbrellas for cats will fail, no matter how great you execute.

nukeop 9y ago

Why does this sound like the meditations of an obnoxious smartass college student who tried weed for the first time? I know that cynicism is trendy and talking with confidence is enough to fool most people but this is just sad, boring, and shouldn't be done by a guy of that age and with that kind of face.

sctb 9y ago
Personal attacks like this have no place on HN. Could you please start posting according to the guidelines? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

greenyoda 9y ago

Extensive discussion a couple of months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15826445 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15826445

liquidise 9y ago

> Salaries in the tech industry are up a lot in the last few years This is an impression i have perceived more than experienced the last few years. Does someone have some research on the topic, specifically outside of the parallel payscale universe that is the valley? For instance: what is a reasonable expectation for salary levels once you hit 30 with 7+ years of startup strategy and coding experience?