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Not sure why x10 is such a surprise. It [software] is a good field with decent money and a low barrier for entry at a lot of places. Not everyone can be Dennis
by thorin 12y ago
Not sure why x10 is such a surprise. It [software] is a good field with decent money and a low barrier for entry at a lot of places. Not everyone can be Dennis Ritchie.
If songwriting had lots of well paid jobs open to virtually anyone with a hobby interest or non-related degree do you think everyone would produce like Lennon/McCartney?
You could give me a million years and I wouldn't write the Linux Kernel but I can still produce useful software which improves someone's productivity.
- jiggy2011 12y agoYou couldn't write the 2014 Linux kernel because it is the product of thousands of people and millions of dollars , you could probably write the 1991 Linux kernel given time and motivation. Linus did a lot of things wrong in the early days.