Comment Re:Those who can, do. Those who can't . . . (Score 1) 450
It is becoming more and more difficult to produce a new techology in your garage without serious funding.
Yeah...that's probably what overly content engineers said about the time the first Apple computer was being invented.
The people who are too comfortable to risk trying are the first to say it is too hard. The majority of new businesses fail. The few that survive do so because the owner (a) probably failed multiple times before and finally figured the whole 'running a business for profit not personal amusement' thing out, and (b) they stuffed their whole life and identity into it.
I'm personally content to sit here making a nice salary and achieve way below my potential to create astounding things.
My two -- soon to be three...and then four...and then five -- kids are _very_ appreciative of it. You need to decide for yourself what is most important. Do you want to be passingly remembered by mobs of unwashed masses who buy your product and think its cool for a year or two before chucking it (ala Rubik's Cube or even the Apple computer)? Or do you want to invest your genius into raising great human beings. I've chosen the latter and will never regret it.
Yeah...that's probably what overly content engineers said about the time the first Apple computer was being invented.
The people who are too comfortable to risk trying are the first to say it is too hard. The majority of new businesses fail. The few that survive do so because the owner (a) probably failed multiple times before and finally figured the whole 'running a business for profit not personal amusement' thing out, and (b) they stuffed their whole life and identity into it.
I'm personally content to sit here making a nice salary and achieve way below my potential to create astounding things.
My two -- soon to be three...and then four...and then five -- kids are _very_ appreciative of it. You need to decide for yourself what is most important. Do you want to be passingly remembered by mobs of unwashed masses who buy your product and think its cool for a year or two before chucking it (ala Rubik's Cube or even the Apple computer)? Or do you want to invest your genius into raising great human beings. I've chosen the latter and will never regret it.
