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> Finding ideas in a list is the last advice I would give to anyone. If it's public, it's probably not a profitable idea. Why do they have to be profitable ? M
by mobiuscog 6y ago
> Finding ideas in a list is the last advice I would give to anyone. If it's public, it's probably not a profitable idea.
Why do they have to be profitable ? Many programmers like solving challenges to learn and have fun - it's not all about money. Advent of Code is a great example of this.
- anonytrary 6y ago> Many programmers like solving challenges to learn and have fun If you could choose between doing a contrived homework problem and learning something VS. creating something original and learning something, you should always choose the latter, hands down. Learning on the job or while you are solving a unique problem that you have is always preferred to doing a homework problem.
- username90 6y agoIf you have the know how to create something original then this article isn't for you.
- anonytrary 6y agoYou overestimate the skill required to be original. Anyone who has the know-how to do ray-tracing, web browsers, and trading bots from scratch has a leg-up on the bootcamp coders who are getting paid $200k to work at Dropbox. Don't waste your time doing shit other people have already done. It's the best advice any of these kids will ever get, so I completely disagree with the associate professor who wrote the article. Take it or leave it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- username90 6y agoYou often get a lot of ideas when you build old things from scratch that can let you create novel things based on it. Knowing how to build it is not a substitute for actually building it.