Ask HN: Which is the richest IT niche for a 2-3 years project?

Re:Ask HN: Which is the richest IT niche for a 2-3 years pro... by wepple on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @12:59PM (#18452027)

DrNuke, please reconsider what you’re doing here.

3 years is hardly enough to understand the cyber security problem space, let alone build useful products/solutions.

At best, they’ll fleece some unaware VCs, sell rubbish to companies via flashy PR, and exit or collapse.

This field is hard.

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the richest IT niche for a 2-3 years pro... by icedchai on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:01PM (#18452039)

They can probably build some snake oil in 3 years.

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the richest IT niche for a 2-3 years pro... by killyp on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:37PM (#18452469)

Wouldn't even take that long. I could throw together a flashy "antivirus" that looks really good and does nothing more than a simple file signature lookup in a month. I could probably also get some sales of it to small companies that don't know any better. But to be ground breaking in the cyber security world and build something that is the foundation of a new company is just not feasible in 3 years without massive help from VCs, which isn't going to happen without a PoC or connections.

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Re:Ask HN: Which is the richest IT niche for a 2-3 years pro... by segmondy on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @02:36PM (#18453103)

Really? There are tons of low hanging fruit in the security problem space that is all about adjusting user and developer behavior.

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