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[Gadersd]

>>pitch it to the computer science students, hope none of them undercut you

Spike, you may be unaware but many CS programs hardly teach practical programming. I’ve heard stories of professors complaining that their CS grad students could barely string code together. These graduates may know a thing or two about lambda calculus but just try getting them to build an app.
Even startup Stanford is not immune: Stanford Computer Science is Broken - YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SiFgB1lGxw>

> On Mar 16, 2023, at 9:25 AM, spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 12:17 PM Gadersd via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>> wrote:
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>> I have been wanting to form a software startup for a while now but have no idea regarding the process. What are some resources that I can use to learn about the funding, hiring, and management processes that a founder would need to go through?
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> Soeaking in Yoda:  Your inner capitalist find you must.
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> Gadersd, I can offer you my blessing and best wishes to you my son or daughter (you never specified.)  I don’t know how the heck businesses start, but I will offer you this: I never copped an attitude toward the bean counters at the tech company where I cheerfully squandered my tragically wasted career.  I don’t know how the heck they do what they do, they don’t know how I do what I do, we maintained mutual respect, everybody got along just fine.
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> My guess would be visit the local university software professors, tell them what you have in mind, ask for a chance to make a powerpoint of the product you envision and sketch out a design, pitch it to the computer science students, hope none of them undercut you.  You might be able to apply for a patent even without working code.
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> To Adrian, Stuart and all you guys that do startups: you give tech geeks jobs so we don’t need to know all that money stuff.  We never really need to take up adulting, we can stay geeky college kids our entire careers.  If you get rich, you deserve the hell outta every dollar.  
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> spike
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