Once you know what to make, it's mere effort to make it, and most decent hackers are capable of that. This explains why someone like myself can start a startup

Once you know what to make, it's mere effort to make it, and most decent hackers are capable of that. This explains why someone like myself can start a startup and not feel embarrassed when they meet real wunderkinds (specifically CS gurus) along the way. On the other hand, maybe this means that good hackers aren't necessarily CS geniuses? http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html http://www.paulgraham.com/gh.html