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As a software developer, you'll be fortunate to build one project that achieves critical mass in your entire life. And even then, only if you are a very, very l
by jcl 17y ago
As a software developer, you'll be fortunate to build one project that achieves critical mass in your entire life. And even then, only if you are a very, very lucky programmer: in the right place, at the right time, with the right idea, working with the right people. Most of us never get there. I don't think I will.
...which is overmodest: StackOverflow already has critical mass.
- maukdaddy 17y agoI think his modesty is well placed. SO has critcal mass within the technical community, but not with the average user
- robryan 17y agoI think thats the most it can ever really hope for without alienating it's users.
- jerf 17y agoIt can't be too far off. Anecdote: In the last three weeks, I've hit a Stack Overflow site in a normal Google query three times, and an ExpertSexChange query once. Out of curiousity, I clicked the SexChange link for completeness, and the score is, StackOverflow 3, ExpertSexChange 0. (Yes, I know about scrolling to the bottom. No answers, just fumbling around and questions.) Granted, I was searching for Erlang and Perl stuff, but that's still a change vs. two months ago. Average users, which I will define as "Googlers", will probably get there soon. (I'm assuming you're not talking about "my grandmother", who will never know what Stack Overflow is. But that would be a very silly standard to apply, so I'm assuming that's not what you're getting at.)
- dugmartin 17y agoNo, I think by critical mass he means your Aunt Minnie knows about it and asked if you are using Twitter at the last family gathering. Aunt Minnie will never know about StackOverflow.