We throw away our power as engineers working for other people
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Re: We throw away our power as engineers working for other people
#2Power is uninteresting for some folks. Working for Big Co. and having the freedom to focus on deep coding problems without fear of where the next paycheck is coming from is very nice.
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#3I don't see much in this post that doesn't apply to most jobs.
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#4This is the sort of thing people in their 20s tend to write.
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#5Stop writing for medium. As a blogger, you are writing for influence, not for money. You throw that away the moment a reader sees the message: To keep reading this story, create a free account.
Seriously, take an hour of your time and learn how to use Hugo, buy a cheap domain name, and set up your blog for hosting directly from a CDN. Stop being that person that helps medium make money off of other people's content.
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#6This guy's in for a shock when he's built it and they do not come...
I like how utterly brazen his job titles are, he was the 'Director of Engineering' of a team of him, and is now the 'Co-founder and Editor' of his own blog.
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#7Stop writing for medium. As a blogger, you are writing for influence, not for money. You throw that away the moment a reader sees the message: To keep reading this story, create a free account. Seriously, take an hour of your time and learn how to use Hugo, buy a cheap domain name, and set up your blog for hosting directly from a CDN. Stop being that person that helps medium make money off of other people's content.
His startup/business/project is based around Medium, so I doubt he's going to ditch it.
"Editor of Better Programming (medium.com/better-programming). Building Moneyball to help you make more money on Medium (sign up for the beta @ usemoneyball.com)"
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#8I read this article expecting it to get somewhere useful but when I realized it was just propaganda it was already too late.
Seriously, the people who want to make a career in software and the people who want to be entrepreneurs don't need any convincing. What is even the point of this?
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#9Why should I incur the risk and time investment of founding a startup when I can enjoy comfort and success working at a FANG company? Startups _sound_ great, but death marching myself without compensation is a stressful proposition.
Sure, I have a handful of ideas that seem reasonable and dreams of startup success—and maybe I'll explore them in early retirement.
Re: We throw away our power as engineers working for other people
#10Privilege.