If someone is capable of putting a product together they should probably quit, start a company, and enjoy infinity time to themselves. It's frustrating when companies try to coax innovation out of employees when its pretty much guaranteed in a company of any significant size that people less, ahem, "production inclined" will step in and try to own anything that gets the slightest traction.
They just have to make something like a proof-of-concept. That's a far cry from shipping a product / selling a service, let alone starting a company from scratch do it. Also, it's riskless, since they're getting paid whether the product works out or not.
Really, a lot good people can't quit their jobs a try something like that because they have families and couldn't afford to pay others work on it etc. etc.
I'm sure if it took off, they'd get to be project lead with a nice pay increase - which is much better than would done otherwise, because they were never going to quit (well not least till their family grew up).
Also, who knows they could use it as springboard for project #2 - the sequel usually makes more money than the original movie.
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If someone is capable of putting a product together they should probably quit, start a company, and enjoy infinity time to themselves. It's frustrating when companies try to coax innovation out of employees when its pretty much guaranteed in a company of any significant size that people less, ahem, "production inclined" will step in and try to own anything that gets the slightest traction.
Sure. But I think the deal here is that you get paid your salary in the interim.
They just have to make something like a proof-of-concept. That's a far cry from shipping a product / selling a service, let alone starting a company from scratch do it. Also, it's riskless, since they're getting paid whether the product works out or not.
Really, a lot good people can't quit their jobs a try something like that because they have families and couldn't afford to pay others work on it etc. etc.
I'm sure if it took off, they'd get to be project lead with a nice pay increase - which is much better than would done otherwise, because they were never going to quit (well not least till their family grew up).
Also, who knows they could use it as springboard for project #2 - the sequel usually makes more money than the original movie.
"they should probably quit, start a company, and enjoy infinity time to themselves."
A shining example of "Shit's Easy Syndrome".