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Yes, I realize that all companies crave predictable revenue, but only snide academics classify that as boring. If you ask me, most PhD topics are hopelessly na
by xhkkffbf 7y ago
Yes, I realize that all companies crave predictable revenue, but only snide academics classify that as boring.
If you ask me, most PhD topics are hopelessly narrow and overfocused, if only because that's the only way to finish them in a decent amount of time. That's boring to me.
- ska 7y agoI think you two are using different, but equally valid, meanings of 'boring'. It's good to avoid confounding the two. Whether or not I find a problem interesting isn't a good bellwether for how solvable it is. If I'm starting a new company based around a product idea I want the execution of that v1 product to be as boring-as-in-predictable as possible, because there are more than enough risks at play already without adding 'nobody knows how to build this'. There are sort-of exceptions of course, but the vast majority of successful startups are 'boring' in this specific way. As they should be.