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Inline Comment posted on "Buzz This!" 17 months 7 days ago.

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“One of my favorite movie scenes is during Apollo 13 when the NASA engineers are told an explosion in an oxygen tank has crippled the spacecraft and it's up to them to save the lives of the astronauts.  The engineers are presented with a table full of random parts matching what is available on the spacecraft.  AND they only have X amount of time to come up with a solution or game over. You don't hear them saying this can't be done or it's impossible.  No one rolls their eyes at their boss or complains about getting home at 5 o'clock.  The 1960s engineers just seemed (nostalgic drum roll) to focus on solutions and answers and not be hindered by what is probable or likely.  I think what if those same Apollo 13 type engineers were the entrepreneurs of internet startups today.  Would the landscape be any different?


 by laurel 17 months 7 days ago at "Buzz This!".
I think engineers these days are a little jaded about fire drills after working at large companies. Places like Amazon or Microsoft demand that sort of thing constantly for things that don't personally matter to engineers (human lives vs. some profit that may or may not trickle down to your own stock options?). I do think entrepreneurship is a different story. With all the startups it seems like people are getting their psychic energy back.
 by mark 17 months 7 days ago at "Buzz This!".
Psychic energy. I like that. Thats exactly how I feel working on my own thing - like I'm psychically energized. I think the boom in startups is much better for the Internet because the pace of innovation is accelerating.
 by Kerry 17 months 7 days ago at "Buzz This!".
You make a really good point. Having worked at largish companies, I remember giving up countless weekends for a deadline which seemed so artificial. I did it to keep my boss happy, he/she did it to keep their boss happy and the CEO who owns .00000000000001% wants to keep the shareholders happy. With startups, your contribution (or lack of) is very noticable and measurable which is where some of that physic energy is probably derived.


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