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> he being the one with the idea and money Ideas are worth $0. Nevermind you'll switch the idea to something else. And the type of person who wants to a get patent first instead of…

Is there a way to contact you? If you are willing to be a guinea pig I have something for you to try. From the three main things people need (competence, relatedness, autonomy) you…

It's not only about knowing how to build (the lots of tiny specific skills this article mentions). It's also about choosing what to build. If you study what novelists say, they are…

I'm disappointed in Stripe on this one. There should be better rates for micropayments.

Establishing a monopoly is more valuable than monetizing, which is what Snapchat has. You can monetize later, but you can't snatch all the users later.

That link is full of wisdom, thank you for posting it! I never met anyone who wrote their own wiki and used it for so long. I was surprised the biggest thing for you was speed and …

What would you do to improve how your subconscious works?

I'm trying to understand what you are saying. I also see holes in some arguments. 1) I agree there's gigantic risk. If I understood you correctly, you are saying great programmers …

The rewards for being a great programmer already exceed the rewards for other options. Great programmers can clump together and start companies, and be rewarded more than they are …

Once all great programmers get a job they like they don't switch, even if you have the money to pay them more. They like what they are working on. If a great programmer is working …

A table in the article says Technical Writers have an 89% chance of losing their jobs. But it's only 6% for editors. Why? Will technical instructions be automatically generated? Ho…

Michelle, you are in inspiration! Have you found yourself having different design ideas after this change? Or having developed a new style in your creations because of "mistakes" y…

It's not more wealth that would generate more projects. It's finishing a previous project that would generate more projects. You don't even get to finish the project without a grea…

It's not a zero-sum game, and it's not about supply and demand. It's about growth, and hitting a limit on the total wealth generated. I just explained this here: https://news.ycomb…

It's not only about wages. It's also about total wealth generated, which is driven by growth. The issue is you hit a limit. Any startup eventually hits the limits of the market it …

Because it's incorrect. Maybe it is about wages for companies that don't understand there's huge variance in productivity of programmers. But it is about talent and not wages for c…

> If Paul can figure out a way to filter in the great developers while filtering out those that are only coming to make money Maybe he did. They become founders. They start compani…

Considering how Apple and Google tried to fix the salaries of software engineers to stay low, maybe even that isn't an option in big companies.

What are you really against? What do you want to see happen?

> What is wrong with immigrating to Europe / Asia? You may be right here. I used to think it's better to immigrate to the US, because that's where everyone was immigrating to. I th…

I'll say what you can't say. Writing 400 pages to fight rigor mortis (analysis by paralysis) is helpful. But this material won't reach as wide an audience unless it's summarized do…