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"Then the effects of being measured by performance would propagate all the way back to high school, flushing out all the arbitrary stuff people are measured by
by gibsonf1 19y ago
"Then the effects of being measured by performance would propagate all the way back to high school, flushing out all the arbitrary stuff people are measured by now. That is the future of web startups." What an impressive conclusion - I hope it happens.
- matth 19y agoThat basic sentiment makes this one of my favorite essays by pg.
- chris_l 19y agoThis would only work if everyone in HS either expects to work on web applications or the trend spreads to all industries. That might take a little longer.
- goodspeed 19y agoWhen this happens "Hiring will be obsolete" http://www.paulgraham.com/hiring.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hiring.html ...because we've inspired everyone to do startups. There will be nobody else to hire :) We're back to the pre-industrial revolution era. Where everyone didn't hire anyone and had their own backyard industry. Woohoo!
- albertcardona 19y agoNot really. We are at a new plateau, if you want: stuff that used to be hard is now standard. So people can lift up their heads and get going with something new.