> Engineers generally never acknowledge the value of knowing _what_ to build, only whether something is built.
Nobody knows what to build, that's why VCs give money to many startups, almost all of them bankrupting.
The sole value of the founders is to be able to convince VCs for as long as they can. VCs generally have no clue about the technology, so it's about getting good at selling bullshit. Granted, I am not great at selling bullshit, so it doesn't make me a great founder.
Now if we get back to knowing what to build, if you give me a thousand me, we can try a whole bunch of different ideas hoping that one works. This is what VCs do, and it works for them even though they have no clue either.
No, a founder is never worth thousands of employees, period.
And I'd like to note the asymmetry here: I am arguing that I am not thousands of times less valuable than them. I am not remotely saying that I am better.
Nobody knows what to build, that's why VCs give money to many startups, almost all of them bankrupting.
The sole value of the founders is to be able to convince VCs for as long as they can. VCs generally have no clue about the technology, so it's about getting good at selling bullshit. Granted, I am not great at selling bullshit, so it doesn't make me a great founder.
Now if we get back to knowing what to build, if you give me a thousand me, we can try a whole bunch of different ideas hoping that one works. This is what VCs do, and it works for them even though they have no clue either.
No, a founder is never worth thousands of employees, period.
And I'd like to note the asymmetry here: I am arguing that I am not thousands of times less valuable than them. I am not remotely saying that I am better.