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Seems like his point is the inverse: if you don't want it, how will anyone else?
by fourthark 3y ago
Seems like his point is the inverse: if you don't want it, how will anyone else?
- emodendroket 3y agoBecause it solves a problem they have?
- Brian_K_White 3y agoHow will that happen? If I don't know anything about photography, and don't even like it much, certainly don't care about it, my photography app will be garbage. Precisely as so many apps are garbage.
- Ekaros 3y agoLot of more traditional software is something the coders don't need or even use, but they still provide real value think of something like inventory tracking in warehouse.
- emodendroket 3y agoI think I am quite capable of developing understanding of a domain and building a tool to solve a problem in it even if I don’t personally care that much about it. There’s plenty of software out there solving problems it’s hard to imagine much of anyone feeling passionate about.
- nullcipher 3y agothere's plenty of people who cook for others when they don't like it themselves? like meat, eggs, seafood etc.
- sph 3y agoThe product of a chef is the cooking, not the cooked product itself. I often buy better ingredients than what's found at any restaurant, but I pay to sit at one because they're prepared, cooked and taste better when done by a professional.
- greffer 3y agoOften (not always), you can clealy taste the difference.
- levi0214 3y agoUsually they are mediocre chefs. Actually I don't believe that a chef who doesn't like what he's cooking can make it right, and almost every awesome chef I know demand more from the quality of their dishes than their customers.
- Gigachad 3y agoI don't think any software I have been paid to work on has been something I personally want, but there sure are a lot of companies that want it.
- Quentincestino 3y agoI think the point is more about innovation and "creating" the need by solving problems people didn't even know they had
- skeeter2020 3y agoWhat about a more subtle take? Have you built things in the same way that you'd do it in a personal context? Had a feeling of "doing the right thing"? Put care into your work?