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Ask HN: Sacred Cows and Self-Preservation
1 point by jbillingsley on Oct 18, 2010 | hide | past | favorite
Thinking of how the oil and gas industry has stifled alternative energy innovation and implementation, what innovations/changes might we be avoiding as programmers out of self-preservation? Do we keep things overly complicated to justify our own existence? Do we give the cold shoulder to those wanting to learn our trade in a subconscious effort to prevent dilution of our own value?


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