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Re:Start Smaller by pmtarantino on Sunday February 02, 2014 @07:40PM (#7168261)
I talked with a few teachers before I started coding, but it seemed they didn't know what they wanted or didn't expressed correctly, or maybe I didn't get it.
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Re:Start Smaller by LambdaAlmighty on Monday February 03, 2014 @05:04AM (#7169757)
People who never tried, imagine creating a new product (not to say a "disruptive" product) is a simple A-B-C process:

* talk to potential customers

* do it!

* PROFIT

Whereas unless you are an expert yourself in the domain you're entering, it's almost hopeless.

People/businesses don't know what they want, until it's presented to them on a golden platter and all of their colleagues/competitors are already braying about it.

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Re:Start Smaller by mattfenwick on Monday February 03, 2014 @06:48AM (#7170130)
Totally agree. Programmers should understand the value of intimately knowing the domain. "Customers don't know what they want" is part of the game, and as such is not an acceptable excuse for building poor software.
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Re:Start Smaller by davodesign84 on Monday February 03, 2014 @07:07AM (#7170187)
Apologies but I had to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO5sxLapAts
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