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Software eng. unsatisfied with $ -> leaves company -> makes dumb clone, steal subset of customers from former co -> iterate, grow, might end up becoming a threa

by pid-1 4y ago

Software eng. unsatisfied with $ -> leaves company -> makes dumb clone, steal subset of customers from former co -> iterate, grow, might end up becoming a threat Hardware eng. unsatisfied with $ -> ask their friends in the other 2 cos in the same niche how much they are being paid -> cry Bootstraping a software business is trivial compared to any other eng. business. That, plus the internet's existence, is what makes dev so well paid.

gaudat 4y ago
> Make dumb clone In hardware world that translates to contracting or hiring a Chinese team to clone your competitor and eat the lower-end of the market. This is especially true for development boards, hobbyist and supply chain stuff. Digikey vs LCSC, Sparkfun/Adafruit vs AliExpress/Taobao, Arduino vs clone boards. Sometimes the dumb clone company gets big enough and become a legit player in the Anglosphere. Say Seeedstudio or ALINX (FPGA dev boards).