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I feel like Steve Blank is talking more about how much time people have been in an industry than how old they are. He writes: "Knowing that “it can’t be done”
by lkrubner 16y ago
I feel like Steve Blank is talking more about how much time people have been in an industry than how old they are. He writes:
"Knowing that “it can’t be done” because you can recount each of the failed attempts in the last 20 years to solve the problem can be a boat anchor on insight and imagination."
This wouldn't really apply to people like me who switch careers when they hit 30. The tech industry was all bright and shiny and new to me when I first took an interest in it at age 31. Steve Blank is conflating age and time spent in an industry.
- skmurphy 16y agoI agree with this and think it also offers a way to reset. Work in a new field or industry and bring "newcomer's eyes" to the established problems, re-purposing what worked in your original field where appropriate.
- arethuza 16y ago"recount each of the failed attempts in the last 20 years to solve the problem can be a boat anchor on insight and imagination" Anyone who thinks like that should read some Karl Popper on the weaknesses inherent in inductive reasoning.