So you "just need a hacker", huh?

This sounds just like a zed shaw rant, in fact I think he says the exact same thing in some article. For the most part this is usually true (although abrupt), it is often hard to break it to people that their 'awesome idea' really isn't worth anything.

Re: So you "just need a hacker", huh?

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Post by carpal » Tue, Mar 25, 2008, 8:04 PM UTC

ejs wrote: post #5

This sounds just like a zed shaw rant, in fact I think he says the exact same thing in some article. For the most part this is usually true (although abrupt), it is often hard to break it to people that their 'awesome idea' really isn't worth anything.

Pretty much any solid rant sounds like a Zed Shaw rant.

Re: So you "just need a hacker", huh?

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Post by brk » Tue, Mar 25, 2008, 8:04 PM UTC

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brk wrote: post #3

Brilliant!

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Probably a valid assessment.

I also think his opinion, while strongly stated, is very valid though.

There a more "good ideas" than people to implement them. Thinking up an idea, writing a business plan, and securing some funding is (IMO and IME) easier that actually putting that good idea into practice and finding all the little edge-cases, never-thought-of-thats, and such along the way.

Re: So you "just need a hacker", huh?

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Post by carpal » Tue, Mar 25, 2008, 8:06 PM UTC

brk wrote: post #7

[deleted] wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Probably a valid assessment. I also think his opinion, while strongly stated, is very valid though. There a more "good ideas" than people to implement them. Thinking up an idea, writing a business plan, and securing some funding is (IMO and IME) easier that actually putting that good idea into practice and finding all the little edge-cases, never-thought-of-thats, and such along the way.

Well, funding is a different matter. If a beef-headed M.B.A. actually has some funding, they might actually be worth listening to.

However, 99% of the time they don't have funding, they've (at best) got "strong interest from investors" or some such.

Re: So you "just need a hacker", huh?

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Post by pius » Tue, Mar 25, 2008, 8:08 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #4

brk wrote: post #3

Brilliant!

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I can understand it. While I don't necessarily subscribe to the "ideas are worthless" meme, I definitely don't believe that "hackers" are commodities either.

Re: So you "just need a hacker", huh?

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Post by brk » Tue, Mar 25, 2008, 8:12 PM UTC

carpal wrote: post #8

brk wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Probably a valid assessment. I also think his opinion, while strongly stated, is very valid though. There a more "good ideas" than people to implement them. Thinking up an idea, writing a business plan, and securing some funding is (IMO and IME) easier that actually putting that good idea into practice and finding all the little edge-cases, never-thought-of-thats, and such along the way.

Well, funding is a different matter. If a beef-headed M.B.A. actually has some funding, they might actually be worth listening to. However, 99% of the time they don't have funding, they've (at best) got "strong interest from investors" or some such.

I wouldn't get distracted by funding, especially angel funding, which is what you'll typically find at the very early stages.

Beef-headed MBA's went to school with other beef-heads, and might know a few people who know a few people. Scraping up $1M is not terribly difficult when you know a few people. Put another way, one of my favorite quotes is "A fool and his money are soon venture capital".