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Re:Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering by tyingq on Monday March 12, 2018 @06:55PM (#16572450)
Bill Gates is a good example of someone that gained a lot of success with a hard bluff: http://www.technoventure.eu/valuation/Bill-Gates-Microsoft.p... (perhaps not the best written retelling, but emphasizes the "bluff" part)
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Re:Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering by sova on Monday March 12, 2018 @07:08PM (#16572511)
Or, you know, just stealing an interface he didn't create and marketing it as his own, but who's here to split hairs anyway?

Despite the downvotes, I stand by my statement, as an interface designer that pours years of effort into perfecting the arrangement and composition of elements on the infinite canvas, it's not acceptable to me that such things are not protected or even noticed by others.

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Re:Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering by tyingq on Monday March 12, 2018 @07:18PM (#16572567)
He did buy it, albeit without revealing the potential it had. I can see differing views on that tactic.
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