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I disagree. I think the reason you see those kind of posts is that those kind of applications are low-hanging fruit. The development of Yet Another File-Shari
by haploid 16y ago
I disagree.
I think the reason you see those kind of posts is that those kind of applications are low-hanging fruit. The development of Yet Another File-Sharing App or Social Media Service can be accomplished by anyone with a "Learn Rails In 21 Days" book and a credit card.
Companies that are also getting tons of funding right now are biotechnology and solar energy startups, but I have never seen anything along the lines of a "Ask HN: Review my research on getting 3.3% more current per solar flux unit by doping gallium with boron" post, despite the fact that such an accomplishment would likely garner extremely good investment and/or business prospects.
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- reason 16y agoYeah, really good point – I agree for the most part and would say that it's really a combination of both.
- dtby 16y agoMore to the point, people lack any domain experience. Don't get me wrong: it's cool to be an awesome hacker... but if you don't know about anything outside of hacking.. chances are some neck-beard somewhere has already solved all of the problems of which you are aware.
- wmeredith 16y ago> if you don't know about anything outside of hacking.. chances are some neck-beard somewhere has already solved all of the problems of which you are aware. I'm saving that quote for later use.
- swlkr 16y agoneck beard, that's awesome and so very true.
- shadowfox 16y agoThe other issue with domain knowledge, at least in my experience, is that it takes a significant effort to become sufficiently knowledgeable in a new domain to discover and solve the real problems faced by people working in that domain.