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What's Next?
- mechanical_fish 18y agoI want to work on what is next, to help people take those next steps into the unknown. I have no interest in taking anyones money for something I don’t truly believe in, and the problem is I’m finding less and less to believe in. This is the pernicious downside of taking hype seriously. Yeah, the highs are great, but the lows are really, really low. This poor guy has inhaled so much of the Web 2.0 smoke that he's having withdrawal symptoms. Software engineering is a craft, like carpentry, or knitting, or writing, or composing. You need to practice it for years to get good at it. You need to learn to love the calm moments, the practice sessions, the details, the act of fixing little things, or you'll never attain the skill or sustain the long-term exertion that is needed for great work. Not everything you write will be a work of genius, and not everything you do will change the world -- nor should it. There is a time to be bold and flashy, and a time to buckle down and solve people's old-fashioned but real (and occasionally renumerative) problems. And there's a time to go on vacation. This is what a guy who has burned out is like: The wonders of everyday life all seem stale and unprofitable to him. He needs to take up a hobby. He needs a housecall from Tim Ferriss, stat. From the bottom of the page: As well as providing web and mobile design services, they are currently endeavoring to create six products in one year. Yeah, that might explain the burnout. How about trying to create one decent product over six years? What is this guy trying to prove with this senseless sprint?