I included it to explain the idea of complementarity. It also has some sentimental value, I guess, because long ago I learned that idea from that article.
The larger point I wanted to make: success requires more than just being good at your specialized skill. Well, if someone’s good enough to build a new platform, create a killer app for it, and bring it all to market, then more power to that person! The rest of us need to be conscious about what other skillsets are required to make our own skillset useful to anybody. Good examples to keep in mind are Apple II + Visicalc and Xbox + Halo.
Neat observation.
Could you clarify the relevance of the second link? I skimmed the article but it wasn’t obvious to me what it was meant to impart.
I included it to explain the idea of complementarity. It also has some sentimental value, I guess, because long ago I learned that idea from that article.
The larger point I wanted to make: success requires more than just being good at your specialized skill. Well, if someone’s good enough to build a new platform, create a killer app for it, and bring it all to market, then more power to that person! The rest of us need to be conscious about what other skillsets are required to make our own skillset useful to anybody. Good examples to keep in mind are Apple II + Visicalc and Xbox + Halo.