For someone who usually writes very smart posts this is one strange post. On one hand developers complain that they don't get paid enough and don't get treated

For someone who usually writes very smart posts this is one strange post. On one hand developers complain that they don't get paid enough and don't get treated well. On the other hand, they refuse to consider the possibility that perhaps not getting out of bed for less than $10,000 a day is exactly what developers ought to do. If you look at the cumulative worth companies like Microsoft and Google and VMWare built up and break it down to the founders and first 10 developers - it'd be a lot more than $10,000 per day.