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> "the most ambitious challenges attract the smartest people" Whose ambition? Smart how? For what outcome? For who? Would that be even efficient? (there are

• javajosh 4y ago
  It's probably good to go into a post like this with some basic assumptions about the context: works in/around/with SV "good new boys" network, easy 6-figure software jobs and weird jockeying around securing vast sums extracted from inbred billionaire weirdos and distributed for blood by fast-talking VC weirdos. The outsider perspective on this is to fancy yourself a smart inventor who's going to outwit/outsmart/outplay the competition with your own company, find product market fit. This factory makes software widgets, and striking gold with such ephemeral products is as hard as striking gold with making sounds (which is the magic that the pop music industry makes happen regularly, somehow). (So, smart enough to write and release quality, reliable software to the public, or build a team capable of doing this). Demand is so high for any software that becomes popular, that proxies for value are accepted with a "we'll worry about profit later" kind of attitude. So this justifies focusing on a hyped technology even if it isn't real. But if the hyped technology is real, even better. A rational agent, selling their intellectual labor, understanding the current lay of the land, will see that the subject of "improving AI and integrating AI into applications" is going to be in high demand for a period of time, which means higher income. I can explain why a higher income is desirable, if you like.