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> That’s the cool thing about software businesses. You only need to get it all right once. People like to call this “survivorship bias” and other silly things i
by admissionsguy 5y ago
> That’s the cool thing about software businesses. You only need to get it all right once. People like to call this “survivorship bias” and other silly things in order to convince themselves that it’s pointless to try. But all it really means is that you get to keep trying until it works.
I cannot upvote this enough. Optionality. And if you refine your approach each time, you will converge at something that works.
- quickthrower2 5y agoI’m also convinced if you take a year off and do 6 or so projects in ernest and they all fail you are still up. It’s valuable experience! Probably a developers rite of passage to try this. I haven’t yet though tried in a big way but have launched small things before