I do not get exactly offended, but do often find myself turned off. Most of the times, they have no clue that 'their' idea has been around for more than a deca

I do not get exactly offended, but do often find myself turned off. Most of the times, they have no clue that 'their' idea has been around for more than a decade. They ask, why is it not available then? In most cases they would not even have done a simple Internet search to see what already exists. In a few cases, I performed a live search before them and found that there's already an app for that. When a product/service with the idea is not ready-to-buy, they would not know that there are some specific problems in the way (while I would). Far from having a solution to those problems, they would not even have the background to understand those problems. I tell them I am happy to explain but I would need an hour. Sigh, they do not have that, and openly know and admit that they would not be able to understand anyways. They often do not understand that sometimes products or services are missing not because the technology cannot do, but because the cost of making under the state of the art is much higher than the anticipated selling price. I ask them how much you would be willing to pay for the product and there's no answer. I sometimes invite them to join me as the business partner and help obtain VC funding; their follow-ups with me are non-existent. Their magical initial expectation from me is that I should build it, as after all I am "the best tech person they know". And what reason they then have to believe I am not already familiar with the idea, and the entire space around it, for the last ten years? Some answer that I would not know as "creativity" is a different skill than engineering. Some tell me the same for their wisdom vs. the science guru they know me as. If someone does indeed have a good idea that I hadn't thought of before, I most honestly admit. All the more so when the idea obvious in hindsight. --- XKCD: https://xkcd.com/1425/ https://xkcd.com/1425/ Replace "Sure, easy GIS Lookup. Gimme a few hours" by "Gimme a second. Oh there! You can download from app store. These seem like three popular apps for you to try!"