I absolutely loved the interview. It taught me to be patient, create an enjoyable workday, and work on things to solve real problems. Learning that the first ve

I absolutely loved the interview. It taught me to be patient, create an enjoyable workday, and work on things to solve real problems. Learning that the first version of Basecamp took 6 month is refreshing. The most time I spent on a project is 5 months. It shows we should not be caught up on expecting results to come so quickly. However, there is one thing about the interview that bothered me. DHH said your are not a product company but just a consultant if you don't create products for yourself. There are tremendous opportunities in industries that don't have as many talented technologists. For example, I am interested in industries that I don't make a living professionally such as retail business and health care. Just because I didn't study medicine, shouldn't stop me or anyone else from trying to make a product to help the health care industry. This route of emersing yourself with customers from another industries is much harder. However, as geeks, we already have too many products made for geeks. There are plethora of important problems in less tech savvy sectors waiting for us to solve.