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I like the message, but I feel like the article doesn't support the headline. Instead, it seems to be saying that you should make something that you are passio
by zibzob 3y ago
I like the message, but I feel like the article doesn't support the headline. Instead, it seems to be saying that you should make something that you are passionate about, and in return other people will want it. I have not found that to be true personally, although I would like for it to be true.
- fourthark 3y agoSeems like his point is the inverse: if you don't want it, how will anyone else?
- emodendroket 3y agoBecause it solves a problem they have?
- Brian_K_White 3y agoHow will that happen? If I don't know anything about photography, and don't even like it much, certainly don't care about it, my photography app will be garbage. Precisely as so many apps are garbage.
- Ekaros 3y agoLot of more traditional software is something the coders don't need or even use, but they still provide real value think of something like inventory tracking in warehouse.
- emodendroket 3y agoI think I am quite capable of developing understanding of a domain and building a tool to solve a problem in it even if I don’t personally care that much about it. There’s plenty of software out there solving problems it’s hard to imagine much of anyone feeling passionate about.
- nullcipher 3y agothere's plenty of people who cook for others when they don't like it themselves? like meat, eggs, seafood etc.
- levi0214 3y agoUsually they are mediocre chefs. Actually I don't believe that a chef who doesn't like what he's cooking can make it right, and almost every awesome chef I know demand more from the quality of their dishes than their customers.
- sph 3y agoThe product of a chef is the cooking, not the cooked product itself. I often buy better ingredients than what's found at any restaurant, but I pay to sit at one because they're prepared, cooked and taste better when done by a professional.
- greffer 3y agoOften (not always), you can clealy taste the difference.
- Gigachad 3y agoI don't think any software I have been paid to work on has been something I personally want, but there sure are a lot of companies that want it.
- Quentincestino 3y agoI think the point is more about innovation and "creating" the need by solving problems people didn't even know they had
- skeeter2020 3y agoWhat about a more subtle take? Have you built things in the same way that you'd do it in a personal context? Had a feeling of "doing the right thing"? Put care into your work?
- fhd2 3y agoI'd find it hard to believe it's not true. There's billions of people out there. Now, finding them, reaching them, that's the challenge.