I totally disagree with this. You cannot judge the potential success of a clients idea. As stupid as it may sound. As big or small it may be. You don't know if

I totally disagree with this. You cannot judge the potential success of a clients idea. As stupid as it may sound. As big or small it may be. You don't know if it will succeed. Your job is to build it for them, not to judge the idea. It is their job to try and make the idea work for them. I have personally built things that sounded very stupid to begin with, and then went on to make lots of money to my client. Had I been so arrogant, I would have been the wall that kept my client from changing his/her life for the better. One of the downsides of the tech bubble is that some programmers get a sense of entitlement because they are such a precious and valuable genius. Not really. Programmers are not more special than other professionals (or even more special than the people who pick up my trash). Don't believe the hype. You might one day find yourself working at Burger King after the bubble bursts.