>Ideas are pretty much worthless. I've found this sentiment is very prominent among engineers (myself included) and not-so-prominent among anyone else. It seem

>Ideas are pretty much worthless. I've found this sentiment is very prominent among engineers (myself included) and not-so-prominent among anyone else. It seems the general populous believes 90% of the work is "thinking up a great idea". The reality is that almost any annoyance or inconvenience in your life could be turned into a profitable company. There is an unlimited supply of ideas that could, hypothetically, be developed into a profitable company. That's one of the reasons new profitable companies can keep getting started, even though there are 6 billion other people on earth who could've beat you to the punch. I just wonder why that knowledge is so rare. I understand engineers understand it intimately since they spend years making these things come to life, but you'd think it'd be at least a little more visible to non-engineers.