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I think it's a lot harder to find projects worth doing. You're (probably?) not gonna make the next ASML in a garage. Everything is networked together, a lot o

I think it's a lot harder to find projects worth doing. You're (probably?) not gonna make the next ASML in a garage. Everything is networked together, a lot of tech is very important to people's lives, and there are fewer repair people. There's a strong incentive to use stuff that's made by the billions and can be replaced tomorrow with Amazon Prime if needed, especially if it comes with lots of cloud value adds. It's hard to find a project that isn't done by 40 people on AliExpress. There's still highly specialized stuff, and things that require breakthroughs in basic science or cost engineering (Someone please make mass spectrometry and XRF a consumer grade thing so we can see what has lead in it!), but for the most part... people who can afford startup products pretty much have everything they need.

bluGill 3y ago
Everything builds on everything else. If you want to make a new GPU - you cannot be competitive without a large team and large backing. However there is an ecosystem of GPUs to choose from so if you want to make something that uses a GPU you can just buy one and build it in your garage. 30 years ago you could not have made something that needed a GPU - they didn't exist yet (the forerunners existed at SGI and the like - but they were not affordable) No amount of passion would have got the right brothers of 1850 flying - there was too much about making an airplane that wasn't invented (the ICE engine needed to be developed to enough efficiency, and metals light enough to work needed to exist) However when the metal industry developed eventually metals that can work were available to anyone. Better metals are available to me today, all I'm lacking is an idea/passion for something that is not possible. (though metals of today are not that much better)
fragmede 3y ago
It's not ASML, but Sam Zeloof's built ICs in his parents garage. http://sam.zeloof.xyz/ http://sam.zeloof.xyz/
tim333 3y ago
There's probably a lot of opportunity at the moment hooking AI stuff together some of which can be done on a small scale. The opportunities are always going to be in new areas where the low hanging fruit hasn't all been picked yet.

bluGill 3y ago

Everything builds on everything else. If you want to make a new GPU - you cannot be competitive without a large team and large backing. However there is an ecosystem of GPUs to choose from so if you want to make something that uses a GPU you can just buy one and build it in your garage. 30 years ago you could not have made something that needed a GPU - they didn't exist yet (the forerunners existed at SGI and the like - but they were not affordable) No amount of passion would have got the right brothers of 1850 flying - there was too much about making an airplane that wasn't invented (the ICE engine needed to be developed to enough efficiency, and metals light enough to work needed to exist) However when the metal industry developed eventually metals that can work were available to anyone. Better metals are available to me today, all I'm lacking is an idea/passion for something that is not possible. (though metals of today are not that much better)

fragmede 3y ago

It's not ASML, but Sam Zeloof's built ICs in his parents garage. http://sam.zeloof.xyz/ http://sam.zeloof.xyz/

tim333 3y ago

There's probably a lot of opportunity at the moment hooking AI stuff together some of which can be done on a small scale. The opportunities are always going to be in new areas where the low hanging fruit hasn't all been picked yet.