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> For me, the main issue is that every time I voice the idea about building something I get bombarded with premature growth and commercialization concerns inste
by Twirrim 2y ago
> For me, the main issue is that every time I voice the idea about building something I get bombarded with premature growth and commercialization concerns instead of excitement about how to solve the problem. I think this is endemic - the entire sector is short sighted and profit obsessed.
I think this is in part a market correction. Whether it's over correction, I guess we'll have to wait and see.
There's been a lot of really bad startups making a big splash, often without any experience or knowledge of the field they were trying to disrupt (so they don't actually know what the problems really are, or what was really needed), and with far too vague hand wavey ideas on how they'll actually reach sustainability.
There's been far too much of engineering being a hammer, and seeing every problem is a nail