From: David Oertel
Subject: Re: No employment available for mathematician/genius/programmer(LISP)
Date:
Message-ID: <ortD3no01.7uE@netcom.com>
In article <···············@netcom.com>,
David Phillip Oster <·····@netcom.com> wrote:
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>Who cares about finding a job. Just start a company, and you'll be employed.
this is what i did. i did a MS windows product that targets a niche
market, strategic planning. i found a bright person with a PhD
(not to be confused with a dumb person with a PhD) who had a good
idea for a product but who had little time or money to make it happen.
i made it happen and now i've got a large claim on future sales and
any enhancements. this one product has paid my bills for the last
three years and i'm fairly confident that i can find other partners
who are like this guy; many people feel insecure in their jobs and
they want to 'insure' themselves by getting something going on the
side. many people use databases and spreadsheets to perform
complex processes that could be addressed by a new niche product.
and windows gives you the ability to play fun and user-friendly games
with graphics and animations.
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>My problem:
>How can I get better at analyzing markets, to discover niches that I can
>fill at a profit?
you don't have to do this; just find someone else who has a product
idea and is willing to market the product to other people who do
what they do. it is enough for the genius programmer to make the
product happen.
dave
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