OffTopic: To Ahahaha
Let's see.
I'm a CS major (MIT, Berkeley) and run a software consulting
firm based on quality and reliabilty - both technical
and business. In this Darwinian sea, very few
can cut it. The market is a proxy for true value,
and in my particular market, I find very few "consumate
programmers" with the background you describe.
Most of the "scientists" make 60k a year, are narrowly
educated and adverse to risk, with limited people and
leadership skills, and simply couldn't handle
the intellectual and business toughness of silicon valley.
I wish I had a dime for every physics PhD resume I've
had to throw into the trashcan (physics/math majors are as
numerous as barnacles, and about as valuable). They
are eager to leave the lab and apply their consumate
programming skills, but many are called and few are
chosen. Very few break into the big time of the
software world. Definition: if you haven't made
a million in the software business, then you
haven't broken into the big time. I don't know a single
person with the background you describe who has
reached that bar (but I know plenty from other
less-worthy backgrounds).
So spare us your lectures. It might work on those who are
ignorant of this business, but I am not impressed.
Sea Otter
P.S. By the way, I DO enjoy your posts, until you veer into
areas that you're not qualified to speak to (you obviously
know programming, but just as obviously have never worked
within a silicon valley startup and thus never really put yourself
to the test. Safer to pontificate from a distance, eh?). |
