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These Are the Best of Times
- edw519 18y agoHe doesn't even mention why it's the best of times for developers. With open source tools and cheap hardware, broadband, and hosting, the barriers to entry asymptotically approach zero. So now the key differentiator is what's between your ears and what's in your heart. For a hacker, what could be better than that?
- abarrera 18y agoBetter than that? Success and fame? ;)
- edw519 18y agoTrue. I was always too introverted to make lots of friends, too small for sports, too plain looking for girls to notice me, and never had much money or connections. So I had to work my butt off for everything I ever got. And finally, finally, finally the world has changed just enough so that people like me have a much easier time staking our claim in the world. Don't forget, it hasn't been like this for very long. For creative hard working people with something between their ears and not much else, it truly is the best of times, no matter how much fame and success you achieve. That's the point I was trying to make.
- xlnt 18y agotoo plain looking for the wrong girls to notice you.
- josefresco 18y agoGood times online indeed, but if you're one of the many Americans caught up in the housing-boom-bust none of that matters when trying to pay your mortgage. Is there a web app that will lower my mortgage payments? Or maybe someone on Twitter that can sell my first home? I keed I keed.