>> where are the non-tech entrepreneurs? Are there solutions that don't require computers anymore?
You know, there are a lot of really broken processes in the world. Ones that don't benefit from computers directly, however indirectly a computer scientist willing to ditch the standard toolset (computer, compiler, etc), could probably make a big splash. We are all trained to think hard about the steps to automate a process - what order is necessary, what order is irrelevant, where can we substitute a functionally equivalent but more efficient mechanism, what constraints and bottlenecks need to be worked around and so on. This thinking usually is just about code, but really, it isn't that different for a lot of other areas. I think you end up seeing computers applied as a solution where they don't fit very well, because that is the tool that does process in our minds.
Perhaps there is money/usefulness/something, in getting away from the computer and finding other ways to apply our skillset.
You know, there are a lot of really broken processes in the world. Ones that don't benefit from computers directly, however indirectly a computer scientist willing to ditch the standard toolset (computer, compiler, etc), could probably make a big splash. We are all trained to think hard about the steps to automate a process - what order is necessary, what order is irrelevant, where can we substitute a functionally equivalent but more efficient mechanism, what constraints and bottlenecks need to be worked around and so on. This thinking usually is just about code, but really, it isn't that different for a lot of other areas. I think you end up seeing computers applied as a solution where they don't fit very well, because that is the tool that does process in our minds.
Perhaps there is money/usefulness/something, in getting away from the computer and finding other ways to apply our skillset.