F*** Hackers [For Idea Guys Only]
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Ideas are part of execution. Good ideas are hard work and can be worth millions. A really great idea can even work with bad execution.
Because it's easy to imagine things. When you're on the other end, you'll understand. You grow to resent the 'idea guys' because you feel like you're doing all the heavy lifting for them. They say, gee wouldn't it be cool to have an underwater car? And you sigh, because you know you're the one who's actually going to have to make the damn thing.
Doesn't help that 'idea guys' often want something impossible or ridiculously difficult & complicated.
LMFAO So true.
yes, hackers can go from idea to concept alone - but that's only if you have a creative brain to get you that idea. not everyone has a creative side, so those guys need idea guys, no?
It's not the idea that has value - it's its execution. Every morning I come up with two or three crazy ones. Ideas are cheap.
ultimately, i agree. that's why i'm learning. however, i'd like to know how many hackers out there are thinking to themselves, "Gee, all I need is an idea..."
execute means a lot more than just hacking on an idea.
... and that most likely adds no value to the product.
More often than not they don't even come up with an original one. They just jumble together a bunch of buzzwords and or ideas they lifted from some already entrenched competitor.
Not an easy problem to solve.
Or so the story goes. My point is, I've come to appreciate good idea guys. The guy who wants the underwear car is not a good idea guy. The guy who asks you to do something hard, but ultimately attainable and useful is the one who will push you to new heights.
I sit somewhere in-between I can (and have) built software. I'm not a rockstar(tm) or a ninja(tm), but I can think laterally. It's this same quality that allows me to wear the "idea guy" hat, so I can empathize. Nothing irks me more than to sit down with someone who thinks they're a hacker because they can implement their own ideas with code. That's great, but how do you react to a challenge? Can you pull together disparate pieces of technology to form a cohesive product? Maybe you can, and that's great, but sometimes "idea guys" can help you make the connection you can't see yourself. You just have to spend a little time understanding them and coaching them on the tools that are available. You'd be amazed what comes out the other side.