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    1. 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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    2. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 29 Sep 2017
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      Google's search infrastructure is more like the knowledge base represented in US judicial system case law than like a novel.

      1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
    3. Kyle Mathews‏ @kylemathews 29 Sep 2017
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      Replying to @vgr @fortelabs @daedtech

      huh, interesting analogy

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    4. Kyle Mathews‏ @kylemathews 29 Sep 2017
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      but yeah, great software is a few original ideas combined with an enormous heap of "case law" aka bug fixes, UX tweaks, etc.

      2 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
    5. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 29 Sep 2017
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      My point is, only a fraction of seriously ambitious software can be pursued by individuals or small startup teams.

      1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
    6. Erik Dietrich‏ @daedtech 1 Oct 2017
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      Replying to @vgr @kylemathews @fortelabs

      I'm enjoying reading through this thread. Off the cuff, I think I'd like to see a new career trajectory of mercenary->f-u money->missionary.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    7. Erik Dietrich‏ @daedtech 1 Oct 2017
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      But I'm also thinking I need to try to grok the "poorly understood force" and gather my thoughts into probably a blog post.

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    8. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Oct 2017
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      One of my learnings post-gervais is that corporate "woke" types generally don't want to defer meaning till after fu$.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    9. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Oct 2017
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      They want to get to minimum-viable $ and then optimize for meaning right after. The free agent crowd is fueled more by missionary exits.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    10. Erik Dietrich‏ @daedtech 1 Oct 2017
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      Is the dynamic that they get snowed with "meaning theater" and then exit cynically to become mercenaries/free agents?

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      Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 1 Oct 2017
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      Replying to @daedtech @kylemathews @fortelabs

      I touched on it in the premium mediocre post, but basically I think a lot of younger people are kinda leapfrogging to faux-leisure society

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        2. Erik Dietrich‏ @daedtech 1 Oct 2017
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          Replying to @vgr @kylemathews @fortelabs

          Reading the premium mediocre post now. You nailed it, BTW -- I needed no further definition before examples started popping into my head.

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        3. Erik Dietrich‏ @daedtech 1 Oct 2017
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          Ah. "Dressing for the lifestyle you're supposed to want." Cynics stay, because mission lets them maintain while waiting for stroke of luck?

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