Part of me thinks this is true...but the amazing thing about programming is how many high-quality tools encapsulate the hard bits so that you can do pretty brilliant things.
Yeah, maybe you won't be a pioneer in computer vision or perception engineering, but you'll certainly be able to build useful products with robust libraries and frameworks.
I've spent my career at major banks doing things like pricing and low-latency trading. I'd like to now start a software business but I'm having a hard time with ideas. The ideas I tend to come up with...I have no domain knowledge in.So now I'm wondering how to leverage my fintech experience to build something that can give me independence from a job. Payments? Financial analysis tools?
I want to make money from a product but I don't have a good idea for SaaS or anything physical for that matter.But I have niche technical knowledge such as blockchain, cryptography, functional programming etc and a knack for explaining it well.I figure publishing and selling a technical course is a good intermediate step towards making money outside of a job.Is there still demand for technical...
I've been working my way through it and it's the most lucid intro text I've read on the subject.
Just as to exhibit homophobia today is seen as brutish, it can be done with this as well if you keep things in people's faces.
This is why companies go to extreme lengths to hide the realities of manufacturing and resource procurement from the public.
Other ways to put things in your favor over the long term:
- Keep increasing your capacity to do things. Learn ubiquitous skills such as sales, basic accounting, negotiation, speaking, etc.
- Keep increasing your network. Asking is a huge part of this.
- Improve your signalling. Signal your achievements, your opinions...share.
- Grow your assets. Even if it means putting a little bit of money away or cutting down on expenses.
1) You're better off looking at things probabilistically.
2) You should seek ways to put the odds in your favor whenever you go up to bat and forget about the outcome.
3) When things are going your way, don't get arrogant. And when things aren't, don't get despondent.
4) You should keep going up to bat and let the law of averages work things out in your favor.