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Re:Pivoting is really hard. by cnorgate on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @02:59PM (#3296606)
It's an interesting post, because there are probably two types of 'pivots':

1) Change the solution to the problem you're solving 2) Change the problem you're solving

(1) is a lot easier than (2).

I think the key here is to love the problem you're solving - if you've chosen a big enough problem (or important enough), then there should always be a market for a solution... don't get discouraged when the particular solution you tried doesn't work... you just need to find a new one that will.

Re:Pivoting is really hard. by staunch on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @03:46PM (#3296833)
To me pivoting implies #1. You're pivoting around a problem to attack it from another angle.

If you're doing #2 then you're not pivoting, you're walking away to a different place entirely.