I’m Done Pretending SF Tech Is Visionary
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I’m Done Pretending SF Tech Is Visionary
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#2And this is precisely why I'm a mechanical engineer instead of a web developer, despite being very very good at the latter.
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#3Every one of those entrepreneurs and VCs are working on something they believe in. Making themselves rich(er). That's all there is to it.
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#4What about all these corner grocery stores? They could be out saving the world, fighting malaria, going to mars, but what are they doing? Selling groceries. What a bunch of assholes.
Re: I’m Done Pretending SF Tech Is Visionary
#5Every one of those entrepreneurs and VCs are working on something they believe in. Making themselves rich(er). That's all there is to it.
If our economic system as we know it is no longer capable of delivering innovation, then something is seriously wrong and we should be reevaluating why we are still using that system.
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#6And this is precisely why I'm a mechanical engineer instead of a web developer, despite being very very good at the latter.
What are you engineering right now?
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#7Let’s not forget that Elon Musk’s first company was a site that made city guides for newspapers. It’s much easier to start companies that solve small less impactful problems first, and then move onto the big important ideas.
I think the problem is that a lot of the low hanging fruit has been picked. It’s pretty hard for a CS student out of college to tackle a healthcare problem with no experience in the matter..
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#8Well, you do get paid lots of money (at least enough to live in the Bay Area) and I'm sure there's plenty of good drugs and booze to go around in those circles.
Re: I’m Done Pretending SF Tech Is Visionary
#9What about all these corner grocery stores? They could be out saving the world, fighting malaria, going to mars, but what are they doing? Selling groceries. What a bunch of assholes.
Corner grocery stores don't fluff the press with stories about changing the world and grand visions.
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#10This may be a silly question, but why do we think that SV startup mentality must solve every problem?
Like the article states, there are lots of "big" problems, like homelessness, healthcare, and inequality. These are usually the realms of government and non-profits. While some of these are startups or institutions with novel ideas / methods, I'm not sure that entrepreneurship solves everything.
I'm just not sure you can make a working business out of any problem. But I may just be a quitter.