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The takeaway: You are not actually that different from other people. Build something for yourself and you'll find that if you love it, others will love it, too
by rw 18y ago
The takeaway:
You are not actually that different from other people. Build something for yourself and you'll find that if you love it, others will love it, too.
- iseff 18y agoInteresting. I took away: Always maintain a hunger for learning and good things happen to those who do, not talk.
- cdr 18y agoI can think of lots of things I could build for myself that I would love that few if any other people would find useful - I would rather spend my side projects on things I love and a lot of other people would love.
- ajross 18y agoYeah, but the problem is that this leads to a bunch of good software for software developers. :) There's a huge population out there with wants and needs that aren't captured by the tastes of a typical geek. That's where the money is, which is why you get so many dumb (dumb in hindsight, that is) startup ideas. The risk is higher doing something outside your own "internal market", but the payoff is higher too.
- rw 18y agoWhat we need is a more diverse population of developers.
- eru 18y agoGirls?
- stcredzero 18y agoAnyone who makes a programming environment that's actually liked by most girls will revolutionize programming and make a billion dollars. (Because that person will solve some fundamental contradiction in programming.)
- dmoney 18y agoMaybe this will lead to software developers better equipped to build software for non-developers.