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    1. Tiago Forte‏ @fortelabs 29 Sep 2017
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      I'd love your take on this @vgr. Developer Hegemony uses Gervais Principle as explanatory backbone cc @daedtechhttps://twitter.com/fortelabs/status/913735355781795841 …

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      1/ My summary/analysis of Developer Hegemony, @daedtech's stunning book on the future of labor https://www.daedtech.com/book/ 
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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 29 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @fortelabs @daedtech

      Yeah, Erik sent me a preview copy, so familiar with the argument :) There's definitely an economic pressure/incentives towards mercenary end

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    3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 29 Sep 2017
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      I have a feeling though that there's a poorly understood force acting in the other direction: the desire to work on ambitious things

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    4. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 29 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @vgr @fortelabs @daedtech

      The very best developers tend not to go mercenary. They tend to stay missionary and work at big corps that can do things small ones can't.

      3 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 29 Sep 2017
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      And others sometimes choose to stay because they want to work with the A+ missionaries. Efficiencer work is not as satisfying a big mission

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    6. Kyle Mathews‏ @kylemathews 29 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @vgr @fortelabs @daedtech

      100% agree. Also most efficiencer type work is pretty boring/easy if you're a great developer.

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    7. Tiago Forte‏ @fortelabs 29 Sep 2017
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      Is there seriously no ambitious original work done by freelance software devs? Most ambitious writing is done by free agents

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    8. Kyle Mathews‏ @kylemathews 29 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @fortelabs @vgr @daedtech

      no sure, it definitely happens. Just ambitious software work generally requires considerable funding so generally happens at large companies

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    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 29 Sep 2017
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      Ambitious software (barring exceptions like bitcoin) need vast datasets, cloud-scale compute ($$$), PhD colleagues versed in esoterica etc.

      5 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
    10. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 29 Sep 2017
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      The analogy to writing is false. Software is fundamentally a systems-and-teams sport. A better analogy is to legal institutions

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 29 Sep 2017
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      People get a mistaken idea of what economically important software is because we think web apps and simple business process systems

      1:19 PM - 29 Sep 2017
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