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Ideas are cheap. Implementation is the hard part!

by rank0 4y ago

vbezhenar 4y ago
I have enough experience to implement anything from microcontrollers and Linux drivers to react webapps and scalable k8s clusters. I think that I can build most projects alone and limited only by time, not by skills. I have yet to find an idea that I would consider worthy spending time on, despite the fact that I really want to be independent developer with my own project. Of course I had miriads of ideas but nothing that I would really trust to become a business, even something small. I think that it's required to have some different background to be able to understand what people need and to be able to reach those people, because anything you could imagine as a programmer was implemented or nobody will pay for it.
- randomdata 4y ago
  In my experience, you can create literally anything and there will be someone out there who will pay for it. Ideas don't matter in that respect. The hard part is implementing methods and processes that will capture the early adopters and learn from them so that you product can grow into something that is appealing to a wider audience. Tech implementation is easy. Business implementation is hard.
  - robertlagrant 4y ago
    > Tech implementation is easy. Business implementation is hard. This is what we tell the MBAs so they feel better. Keep up the good work!
    - randomdata 4y ago
      Thing is, MBAs end up in roles under existing business that are already implemented because they don't know how to implement business. An experienced developer is likely in a better position to implement business, but it is still going to be hard.
- deleted 4y ago
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- candiddevmike 4y ago
  I'm interested to hear more about your criteria for "worthy (to spend) time on". My email is in my profile.
- yCombLinks 4y ago
  I know several people with very limited tech skills that were able to at least make something that got them some income from a tech product. It sounds like you are over filtering ideas. Throw a few apps or pages out and see if any get traction after some outreach. Either ads or cold emails, etc. Like the famous quote saying noone would use dropbox because you could do it yourself. You probably come up with good ideas but are like "Why would anyone pay for this?"
- rank0 4y ago
  My comment isn’t a hard rule or anything. Sounds like you have the opposite problem! You’re probably in the minority here. Also it’s not just the technical implementation that I’m talking about. Creating a business is hard.

Ideas are cheap. Implementation is the hard part!

by rank0 4y ago

Ideas are cheap. Implementation is the hard part!

I have enough experience to implement anything from microcontrollers and Linux drivers to react webapps and scalable k8s clusters. I think that I can build most projects alone and limited only by time, not by skills. I have yet to find an idea that I would consider worthy spending time on, despite the fact that I really want to be independent developer with my own project. Of course I had miriads of ideas but nothing that I would really trust to become a business, even something small. I think that it's required to have some different background to be able to understand what people need and to be able to reach those people, because anything you could imagine as a programmer was implemented or nobody will pay for it.

randomdata 4y ago
In my experience, you can create literally anything and there will be someone out there who will pay for it. Ideas don't matter in that respect. The hard part is implementing methods and processes that will capture the early adopters and learn from them so that you product can grow into something that is appealing to a wider audience. Tech implementation is easy. Business implementation is hard.
- robertlagrant 4y ago
  > Tech implementation is easy. Business implementation is hard. This is what we tell the MBAs so they feel better. Keep up the good work!
  - randomdata 4y ago
    Thing is, MBAs end up in roles under existing business that are already implemented because they don't know how to implement business. An experienced developer is likely in a better position to implement business, but it is still going to be hard.
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candiddevmike 4y ago
I'm interested to hear more about your criteria for "worthy (to spend) time on". My email is in my profile.
yCombLinks 4y ago
I know several people with very limited tech skills that were able to at least make something that got them some income from a tech product. It sounds like you are over filtering ideas. Throw a few apps or pages out and see if any get traction after some outreach. Either ads or cold emails, etc. Like the famous quote saying noone would use dropbox because you could do it yourself. You probably come up with good ideas but are like "Why would anyone pay for this?"
rank0 4y ago
My comment isn’t a hard rule or anything. Sounds like you have the opposite problem! You’re probably in the minority here. Also it’s not just the technical implementation that I’m talking about. Creating a business is hard.