A big reason I go to places like BaconBiz and Microconf is that the business side of creating is hard, not obvious, and hurts to get wrong.
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There exists perception among many developers that "X = world famous Ruby developer" implies "X knows where rent is coming from."
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It is actually the case that some folks who are very good at "their thing" in our community run headlong into starving artist syndrome.
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This is exacerbated by community norms which radically devalue sales, marketing, and business skills, b/c "high quality doesn't need them."
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The same community then will react to clear failures of meat-and-potatoes business administration by kicking you for being stupid/careless.
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I prefer we distribute technology to successfully build businesses like we distribute tech to successfully build apps: widely & constantly.
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There are still OSS developers who sell products for < $10 or who have no email list and so the work continues.
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