Now, instead of latching onto a ipod, if it could accept a simple USB2 connected portable drive, AND have video outputs to a TV....that might be something to get excited about.
I've developed software for about 12 years now and have worked on teams of small groups of highly effective developers (some fairly recently)...Why are we not together still ? well, noone wants to pay us for what we think the value is. The company in the main article put it perfectly.. "We really don't have time or funds to go through a developer recruiting cycle". To me this means, "We don't have funds, we want high quality and super-cheap." Guess what ? Everyone wants that. So this means that software development becomes a commodity and the high quality producers of software end up with no motivation to continue developing high quality products. I can't build high quality software for you if you are unwilling to pay for it (or value it). And the days are over of the startup mentality of "work your butt off and get your just rewards in the end".. We've already done that (some of us multiple times now) and frankly we are kind of tired of eating Ramen noodles (except the chili flavor)...
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Now, instead of latching onto a ipod, if it could accept a simple USB2 connected portable drive, AND have video outputs to a TV....that might be something to get excited about.
I've developed software for about 12 years now and have worked on teams of small groups of highly effective developers (some fairly recently)...Why are we not together still ? well, noone wants to pay us for what we think the value is. The company in the main article put it perfectly.. "We really don't have time or funds to go through a developer recruiting cycle". To me this means, "We don't have funds, we want high quality and super-cheap." Guess what ? Everyone wants that. So this means that software development becomes a commodity and the high quality producers of software end up with no motivation to continue developing high quality products. I can't build high quality software for you if you are unwilling to pay for it (or value it). And the days are over of the startup mentality of "work your butt off and get your just rewards in the end".. We've already done that (some of us multiple times now) and frankly we are kind of tired of eating Ramen noodles (except the chili flavor)...
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