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To: jim kelley who wrote (43605)	1/2/1998 2:58:00 PM
From: Pierre-X	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Because working for yourself requires a large set of other skills which the genius coder: (a) may not have (b) may not know they have (c) may not want to deal with Skills like marketing your product or services, negotiating deals with customers and suppliers, managing employees, keeping your books and ledgers, understanding the legal aspects of your business, etc. I find myself in that very position at the moment, having been a salaried developer in the past, and now working for myself. I'm not saying I'm a genius coder <g> but most coders I know don't want to deal with those other things. They prefer to code. PX

To: jim kelley who wrote (43605)	1/2/1998 3:24:00 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 186894

Jim, Your answer is simple. Just because your a genius doesn't mean you can make money. Jim

To: jim kelley who wrote (43605)	1/2/1998 3:51:00 PM
From: miraje	Respond to of 186894

>>>Why would a real genius want to work for a corporation when they can make a lot more money working for themselves? This presumes that they are "real" geniuses.<<< A real genius may want to work for a corporation because of deep pockets to finance R&D. Take Xerox PARC, for example. They hired a bunch of true geniuses. Unfortunately for them, they had no genius in the corporate boadroom with the foresight to see the potential of what was being developed, or they would own a huge chunk of the PC business today.