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I think the core idea makes sense, but this article is quite difficult for me to parse and is extremely short on details or evidence. Would love to read a more

I think the core idea makes sense, but this article is quite difficult for me to parse and is extremely short on details or evidence. Would love to read a more thoroughly thought out piece on the topic. What I am curious about is how we manage this as a society. The one thing I am sure won't happen is every tech worker becomes an expert ChatGPT wrapper in some niche. How could there possibly be enough of a market for everyone to survive doing that?

iamthirsty 2y ago
Yeah, I feel similarly. It's an extreme over-generalization making a relatively intentionally proactive statement using very vague anecdata.
johnwheeler 2y ago
I came up with it pretty quick this morning and posted it on LinkedIn. It's just anecdotal evidence and what I'm seeing. I really am out there in the weeds solopreneur'ing and talking to people. You can check my reddit history https://www.reddit.com/user/demofunjohn/ https://www.reddit.com/user/demofunjohn/ So it's just my experience. I didn't do any market research. I think the fact that this post is resonating strong is testament to how people feel though
- digging 2y ago
  I'll grant that I'm having a Foggy Head Day, but I don't feel like I gained much information from this reply, either. I am sure you are doing and seeing things I'm completely unaware of but its applicability to me is unclear. > I think the fact that this post is resonating strong is testament to how people feel though This also is quite vague, honestly, and smacks of marketing-speak. What I see is a provocative title on a subject emotionally close to the typical reader here, and a lot of engagement - this is completely expected. But I don't see evidence that any useful predictions about the future are being made.
  - johnwheeler 2y ago
    It's what I truly believe, so even though you don't find substance in it; other people --- people out there trying to build real businesses -- it resonates deeply with them. And that's what you do when you build a business. You go out there and you push your opinion around and argue with people. That's how you build an audience. Hackernews is a great place to do that. It's not arXiv You can look at my site. I'm building my own business trying to build an audience and tell my story. It doesn't work where you just build a product and people come. You offer value exchange. I'm a real person, a solopreneur with a story. Sorry you don't find it interesting! Also, if it helps the article, I did add this > I only have personal experience and anecdotal evidence, but I built this product with ChatGPT, and ChatGPT gave me such a productivity boost during the time because I don't use it to write code.

iamthirsty 2y ago

Yeah, I feel similarly. It's an extreme over-generalization making a relatively intentionally proactive statement using very vague anecdata.

johnwheeler 2y ago

I came up with it pretty quick this morning and posted it on LinkedIn. It's just anecdotal evidence and what I'm seeing. I really am out there in the weeds solopreneur'ing and talking to people. You can check my reddit history https://www.reddit.com/user/demofunjohn/ https://www.reddit.com/user/demofunjohn/ So it's just my experience. I didn't do any market research. I think the fact that this post is resonating strong is testament to how people feel though

digging 2y ago
I'll grant that I'm having a Foggy Head Day, but I don't feel like I gained much information from this reply, either. I am sure you are doing and seeing things I'm completely unaware of but its applicability to me is unclear. > I think the fact that this post is resonating strong is testament to how people feel though This also is quite vague, honestly, and smacks of marketing-speak. What I see is a provocative title on a subject emotionally close to the typical reader here, and a lot of engagement - this is completely expected. But I don't see evidence that any useful predictions about the future are being made.
- johnwheeler 2y ago
  It's what I truly believe, so even though you don't find substance in it; other people --- people out there trying to build real businesses -- it resonates deeply with them. And that's what you do when you build a business. You go out there and you push your opinion around and argue with people. That's how you build an audience. Hackernews is a great place to do that. It's not arXiv You can look at my site. I'm building my own business trying to build an audience and tell my story. It doesn't work where you just build a product and people come. You offer value exchange. I'm a real person, a solopreneur with a story. Sorry you don't find it interesting! Also, if it helps the article, I did add this > I only have personal experience and anecdotal evidence, but I built this product with ChatGPT, and ChatGPT gave me such a productivity boost during the time because I don't use it to write code.