This is fantastic, and “Why do professionals chase out amateurs” is, broadly writ, one of the most interesting questions there is about startups, particularly if you understand how a startup is a collaborative effort by both with a changing mix over time.
I’ll also note that both startups generally and marketplaces specifically benefit enormously by giving amateurs the opportunity to go professional if that is interesting to them, and by accelerating that transition.
(In most relevant respects I was an amateur when I started working on my businesses in 2006. For better or worse, nobody ever comes to you, puts a diploma in your hand, and says “Congratulations! Now you know what you’re doing. Go forth and perform the duties of our profession.”)
“What is your profession?”
Tough to describe.
I’m an engineer who barely codes, an entrepreneur presently employed, in the Marketing department but neither 100% engaged in traditional marketing activities but also the resident Xer for some marketing Xes, etc.
Tough to describe.
I’m an engineer who barely codes, an entrepreneur presently employed, in the Marketing department but neither 100% engaged in traditional marketing activities but also the resident Xer for some marketing Xes, etc.
Broadly speaking my career seems to be defined by “Software people seem to be radically underutilized by capitalism to their mutual detriment.” (And a close relative, “Capitalism seems to be radically underutilized by software people.”)
