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I once talked to a retired hardware engineer, a fellow who made real electronic devices, not software. He told me that, over the whole course of his career, 80
by carapace 6y ago
I once talked to a retired hardware engineer, a fellow who made real electronic devices, not software. He told me that, over the whole course of his career, 80% of the projects he worked on never made it to market. In other words, 4/5th of his total "productivity" turned out to be waste. Make of it what you will.
- BrandonMarc 6y agoPut differently, 80% of his time gave his brain training and practice which likely improved the 20% that made it to market. Also consider, frustrating though I'm sure that was, he probably still got paid for his effort in the 80%.
- edelans 6y agoInteresting point of view, thanks for putting it that way ! It makes me think of artists : - how many hours did a musician spent on his instrument before selling his first record ? - How many drawings/paintings before Picasso could sell something ? (etc.)
- 1123581321 6y agoHe could not have chosen to only attempt the successful projects.
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- triceratops 6y agoWhy didn't he just work on projects that would make it to market? /s