> You can make lots of money by making something appear novel and undiscovered, and consequently make yourself sound smart and cutting edge.
This is pretty much the crux of it. It's very similar to the strategy of undercutting a market with VC subsidies until it dies and can be replaced.
sscaryterry•21m ago
VC subsidies are no longer enough, now we need IPOs to keep it going...
singpolyma3•15m ago
An IPO and subsequent offers is hardly a temporary subsidy. That can keep going until the economy dies.
sscaryterry•8m ago
Mate, its so fucked, people are going to cry way worse than 2008.
cyanydeez•4m ago
people in these fields we pre-crying, building the torment nexus, because if they dont, they'll be in the "permanent underclass".
FOMO is going to kill more americans than COVID.
an0malous•9m ago
As an MCP engineer, how dare you
sscaryterry•24m ago
Take my money. This is better than "The Pragmatic Engineer".
FrankWilhoit•21m ago
He cites Brooks as proving that communication friction is quadratic in headcount. The exponent does not need to be exactly, or even nearly, 2; 1 + epsilon is already fatal. This is very closely related to Coase's ceiling.
patja•8m ago
Seems like this could be categorized as yet another reason why software developers are not engineers.
Avicebron•35m ago
This is pretty much the crux of it. It's very similar to the strategy of undercutting a market with VC subsidies until it dies and can be replaced.
sscaryterry•21m ago
singpolyma3•15m ago
sscaryterry•8m ago
cyanydeez•4m ago
FOMO is going to kill more americans than COVID.
an0malous•9m ago