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   clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 10:13:27 JST clacke

   "Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution – A Handbook for Entrepreneurs" is a fantastic title for a book.

   I see what they're getting at, don't get stuck in path dependency, don't marry the solution, identify the needs actually being fulfilled, not the specific tasks people happen to have come up with to reach that goal, etc.

   At the same time, as a book for entrepreneurs you half expect to see this sentence in there: "if you love the problem enough and embrace it, you can become part of the problem, and that's where sustainable successful entrepreneurship lives"

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     Ænðr E. Feldstraw (aeveltstra@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 22:06:40 JST Ænðr E. Feldstraw

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     @clacke Yes! I love creating solutions for people who feel inspired by their cause, especially if I agree with and support said cause.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 22:06:40 JST clacke

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     • Ænðr E. Feldstraw
     @aeveltstra I think that's the intended message, but it's not my first thought when I read the title. 😃
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     Basil (basil@sarcasm.stream)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 22:06:42 JST Basil

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     @clacke a little similar, this, but in an internal enterprise software hellscape.

     At my company we always get people coming to us telling us something like:

     We need an X system that can do A , B, and, C on a recurring schedule then send the information to the Y system.

     And we always have to remember to reply with something like:

     This solution you want us to implement, would you mind explaining the problem you're trying to solve?

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 22:06:42 JST clacke

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     • Basil

     @basil Every single time. Path dependency, habits, incidental processes, never take for granted that people know why they are *really* performing a task.

     Step zero of software development is business process research and development.

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 22:06:43 JST clacke

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     1. "Why?"
     2. "Aha, interesting. Why?"
     3. "Oh, I see. Why?"
     4. ???
     5. Profit
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     The Luddites were right (cstanhope@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 23:34:38 JST The Luddites were right

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     @clacke That's a hilarious sentence. "The Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution" also makes me think about the cynical takes of don't sell cures. Sell something that the customer has to keep paying for over and over again. But maybe that's the same as becoming part of the problem. 😆

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 22-Sep-2023 23:34:38 JST clacke

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     • The Luddites were right
     @cstanhope Yes, that's exactly what I meant. 😇