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Re:Do you ever avoid submitting something on HN so devs won'... by alberth on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @11:37AM (#29486898)
A lot of successful companies are founded this way (Eg HashiCorp, SAP, Basecamp, etc).

Person sees a massive inefficiency at their employer. They know of a way to save time and money by building a tool to solve for it.

That person starts their own business to sell that product to others.

No better way to find product / market fit than to have first hand experience in the problem that needs to be solved.

Re:Do you ever avoid submitting something on HN so devs won'... by htrp on Wednesday December 08, 2021 @12:13PM (#29487422)
and more importantly, they get paid in line with what the tool is worth.