Ask HN: What's the best way to monetize actual programming?

Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to monetize actual programming? by gtsop on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @01:44PM (#30363942)

> It's not the work being done that creates value, the work must be done, sure, it can be done by anyone.

If you have a great idea, can you covert it to money without working? No. Maybe, you might say, you can sell it to smdy else, thus you made money. Ok. Does this person who bought your idea made any money without putting in any work? No.

I challenge you to become rich by making up a lot of great ideas and doing none of the work. Go ahead.

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Re:Ask HN: What's the best way to monetize actual programming? by dusted on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @03:17PM (#30365134)

I can do the work, easily, but I can't come up with an _actually_ good idea, which is my point to begin with.

Work = Easy. Good idea = Hard.

Ideas are not good just because someone who has them think they're good, there are lots and lots of bad ideas, and for most of them, their owner is under the illusion that they're good.

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