Thanks to Peter for this one.
Top 10+1 Myths of Business Geeks, by Ron Garret covers a few of the common misconceptions about starting a tech business. A few items are bit contrived, but important points.
As Dwight Eisenhower said: plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.
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Nice article... it is so true. Thanks for sharing.
It was pretty informative overall...
But I'm not buying his assertion that C programmers are intrinsically more dependent on others because they program in an inefficient language. Sounds like he was just looking for a nice place to say "LISP rocks! C sucks!"
Lisp is a pretty amazing programming paradigm. However, I do agree that this isn't really the issue. The point he's making is that group interaction, done right, can dramatically improve the general acceptability and quality of a product. In the end, the "generic" programming style in C++ mimics the lisp design strategy closely. So much so, that I often use lisp semantics and terms for "variables" in C++ template breakdowns. Even if you are the most efficient programmer in lisp or C(...), you will suffer from myopia if you don't have others to "keep it real" ;)
It's just as I suggested in my "My Impression of Software Engineering" journal entry: Software Engineering should be offered by ASM rather than the School of Engineering! Very cool bonus myth though...I have made the same assumption myself and decided against money as any worthwhile goal in life (hence my dislike of being required to take any business-oriented classes at a "liberal arts" school *hint hint*). Wealth has a funny way of revoking freedom from its holders while providing the illusion of a greater supply (i.e. "possibilities" that they are too busy/paranoid to follow)...obviously a generalization, but too commonly true. You gotta love money for money's sake to be a happy businessman, imho.
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