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How do they apply to software engineers exactly? The founder “job” is literally “do anything that needs doing in the business”. Now the job of a CEO or CTO is m

How do they apply to software engineers exactly? The founder “job” is literally “do anything that needs doing in the business”. Now the job of a CEO or CTO is much more narrowly defined and I can see that seeing automation sooner, but the founder role is kinda unique in that it’s just “do everything and if you’re successful you should be constantly replacing your job with an employee”. Founders are the jobs trying their hardest to replace themselves (with hires and go can do the work better) and yet still always find more to do. That’s very unique

sarchertech 4y ago
>That’s very unique That's not even close to unique. Software engineers have been doing that since they existed. >but the founder role is kinda unique in that it’s just “do everything and if you’re successful you should be constantly replacing your job with an employee”. That's maybe the ideal of a founder, it's definitely part of the mythology, but it wasn't true for the majority of the many founders I worked with back when I was consulting for early stage startups. Based on my experience with a large sample size, the job of a founder is to convince VCs to give them money. >How do they apply to software engineers exactly? It's one of the definitions of the singularity. When AI can write itself, it will improve so rapidly that humans won't be able to keep up.
ilyt 4y ago
> Founders are the jobs trying their hardest to replace themselves (with hires and go can do the work better) and yet still always find more to do. That’s very unique Not really. They are not "replacing self", the coordination is always needed, just hire the people to the point coordinating the company is their only job. I.e. finding peasants to do their dirty work and they can just rule over them.

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How do they apply to software engineers exactly? The founder “job” is literally “do anything that needs doing in the business”. Now the job of a CEO or CTO is m

by eldritch_4ier 4y ago

sarchertech 4y ago
>That’s very unique That's not even close to unique. Software engineers have been doing that since they existed. >but the founder role is kinda unique in that it’s just “do everything and if you’re successful you should be constantly replacing your job with an employee”. That's maybe the ideal of a founder, it's definitely part of the mythology, but it wasn't true for the majority of the many founders I worked with back when I was consulting for early stage startups. Based on my experience with a large sample size, the job of a founder is to convince VCs to give them money. >How do they apply to software engineers exactly? It's one of the definitions of the singularity. When AI can write itself, it will improve so rapidly that humans won't be able to keep up.
ilyt 4y ago
> Founders are the jobs trying their hardest to replace themselves (with hires and go can do the work better) and yet still always find more to do. That’s very unique Not really. They are not "replacing self", the coordination is always needed, just hire the people to the point coordinating the company is their only job. I.e. finding peasants to do their dirty work and they can just rule over them.