Hyperbrain Owner's Manual - 4. The value accumulator

My few successes in my time working in services came about when I was poorly supervised, and was able to rigorously control the eventual output.

In contrast, working on projects that other people controlled was often an exercise in frustration and compromise.

Probably you're right that services aren't good for "hyperbrains", but I don't think that's the cause. In a services business there is something you build, and that's your reputation. As your reputation grows, your prizes grow too, and also you get to be pickier about the kind of work you choose. So that's the backlog of the services business.

So while you're right that a backlog is useful and needed, it can be derived from the services business too.