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That image is missing a fourth circle: stuff you can do that's better than the current stuff (with the resources you have available to you.) If whatever you wa
by alexhawket 15y ago
That image is missing a fourth circle: stuff you can do that's better than the current stuff (with the resources you have available to you.)
If whatever you want to do is not better than existing options then there's no point in doing it since your customers will just continue using the old thing.
- noblethrasher 15y agoIn this case Microsoft represents the thing that can do stuff better than everyone else: Scott had just gotten a job with Microsoft. I recall thinking that the point of his picture wasn't just to convey how happy and lucky he felt about the new opportunity, but to also explain why he was leaving his old employer.
- JoeAltmaier 15y agoThat's a hacker point of view, sure. But lots of jobs you just have to do the regular thing, adequately. Build cabinets. Plant trees. Cut hair.