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I mentioned the tradeoff involved in a later comment. The difference between a technical person and a non-technical person is that the former has decided to le

I mentioned the tradeoff involved in a later comment. The difference between a technical person and a non-technical person is that the former has decided to learn what is needed to do what he or she wants to do. It’s not a secret club. All the information is on the internet. I never went to Apache engineering school, I have been running my own sites and others for many years, and no one has taken anything over for porn. There is a lot to learn, but it’s not like going to medical school. Anyone can do it who is motivated.

falcolas 6y ago
That knowledge is an entire career's worth of knowledge. Sure, almost anyone could pick it up, but it's more cost effective for them to rely on others to do it for them. For a musician, the learning and upkeep is a lot of time that would better be spent creating; making a living.
- leephillips 6y ago
  I don’t disagree. But that’s the tradeoff I’m talking about. Letting others do it for you means giving up control; the limiting case is being abused by YouTube. If you have money, you can hire people to do this for you. But most people can’t afford to hire their own “engineers”. These are the choices.
  - guggle 6y ago
    Indeed. Convienience vs. freedom. Ignorance vs. knowledge. Way to go...
johnnyanmac 6y ago
>The difference between a technical person and a non-technical person is that the former has decided to learn what is needed to do what he or she wants to do that feels overly reductive and conductive to the majority of trades and hobbies today. If a court ruled based on this concept, antitrust wouldn't exist as a concept. "the difference between an artistic person and a non-artistic person is that the former decided to learn what is needed. All the information is on the internet" "the difference between a Spanish speaking person and a non-spanish speaking person is that the former decided to learn what is needed. All the information is on the internet" "the difference between a guitar player and a non-guitar player is that the former decided to learn what is needed. All the information is on the internet" The more common case of this is : 1. most people aren't "motivated" enough to learn a new skill, especially one that is only indirect to their goal. I COULD learn HTML and host my own website, or I pay some template site $30 and get my portfolio up. Even back in my college days, $30 was worth an a few hours of my work time. well worth a few hours to let someone else keep my portfolio up. Paid off well in hindsight. 2. There isn't time to lean every sub step to your goal, which is why various scaffolding exists. I didn't need to understand how my OS, web browser, nor web server worked in order to send this comment. And I wouldn't send it if it wasn't convenient to do so.

falcolas 6y ago

That knowledge is an entire career's worth of knowledge. Sure, almost anyone could pick it up, but it's more cost effective for them to rely on others to do it for them. For a musician, the learning and upkeep is a lot of time that would better be spent creating; making a living.

leephillips 6y ago
I don’t disagree. But that’s the tradeoff I’m talking about. Letting others do it for you means giving up control; the limiting case is being abused by YouTube. If you have money, you can hire people to do this for you. But most people can’t afford to hire their own “engineers”. These are the choices.
- guggle 6y ago
  Indeed. Convienience vs. freedom. Ignorance vs. knowledge. Way to go...

johnnyanmac 6y ago

>The difference between a technical person and a non-technical person is that the former has decided to learn what is needed to do what he or she wants to do that feels overly reductive and conductive to the majority of trades and hobbies today. If a court ruled based on this concept, antitrust wouldn't exist as a concept. "the difference between an artistic person and a non-artistic person is that the former decided to learn what is needed. All the information is on the internet" "the difference between a Spanish speaking person and a non-spanish speaking person is that the former decided to learn what is needed. All the information is on the internet" "the difference between a guitar player and a non-guitar player is that the former decided to learn what is needed. All the information is on the internet" The more common case of this is : 1. most people aren't "motivated" enough to learn a new skill, especially one that is only indirect to their goal. I COULD learn HTML and host my own website, or I pay some template site $30 and get my portfolio up. Even back in my college days, $30 was worth an a few hours of my work time. well worth a few hours to let someone else keep my portfolio up. Paid off well in hindsight. 2. There isn't time to lean every sub step to your goal, which is why various scaffolding exists. I didn't need to understand how my OS, web browser, nor web server worked in order to send this comment. And I wouldn't send it if it wasn't convenient to do so.