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> or alternatively, a dev tools startup I have notice a lot of dev tools startups on YC. Since a dev tool startup is sort of a "busman's holiday" [1] for geeks
by quickthrower2 3y ago
> or alternatively, a dev tools startup
I have notice a lot of dev tools startups on YC. Since a dev tool startup is sort of a "busman's holiday" [1] for geeks, it sounds like a really attractive proposition. Get funded to do something that is pure programming, for other programmers.
[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/busman%27s_holiday https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/busman%27s_holiday
- paulgb 3y agoAs someone who roughly fits that mold: I do love it, but I’d never describe it as a holiday :)
- lmm 3y agoThe phrase means that something isn't a holiday. Despite linking to an explanation of it, the grandparent does not seem to be using it correctly.
- fragmede 3y agoTo take a break from a FANG or other corporate job, and do a low-key start-up thing with the gang, and greenfield some code instead of bug fixing maintenance work, while working remote from a beach in Hawaii or somewhere sounds like a holiday to me!
- quickthrower2 3y agoExactly. Working from a beach isn't for me (too much sunlight and sand, and "i could be surfing :-(") but yes the rest of it. Especially the deep work of not working in a typical business.
- PretzelJudge 3y agoI'd bet that YC would love to fund fewer dev tools, but there's a bias towards who applies to YC in the first place. It's not that YC isn't well known outside of tech circles, but they are especially well known in tech circles, and that affects who applies.
- quickthrower2 3y agoThey can choose what they fund right? There might be some element of "Kelly criterion" to it though, so if all you have is tech tool ideas, it is still worth investing an a proportion of them.