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But there will always be hordes of new, excitable hackers who fail to appreciate the complexity of finishing real-world tasks (and I'm not talking only intellig
by Radim 15y ago
But there will always be hordes of new, excitable hackers who fail to appreciate the complexity of finishing real-world tasks (and I'm not talking only intelligent scraping). The "awareness" is ephemeral.
Of course, by the time they come around, they will have driven down market prices as well as hackers' image on the whole, with their "Easy! 2 days max, here's the expected cost", invariably followed by "Give me an extra week or two, I'm almost there".
Eventually they'll learn, then come and vent on HN. The circle of life.
- dspillett 15y agoIt isn't just upstart programmers. How often have we all had discussions with a manager or client who wants something like this done quick and doesn't believe it could have many complexities? "There you go, you got the data, now all you need to do is make the program understand it. Easy!"