I can see the glimmer of the lesson in here - but it is a slippery bugger.
I suggest that there are concepts and capabilities that the elite have that average do not. Let's call it complier design or writing prolog.
Writing an enterprises decision engine in Prolog can save time effort energy, maintenance and be worth a fortune in a competitive Market.
But if you are the Prolog programmer, being able to perform is like being Yehudi Menuhin out busking. The elite player needs an orchestra and a concert hall and ticket sales.
Start up founders usually are busy building the concert hall, handing out flyers and selling tickets. A very rare few also play the violin well. No major corporation is going to turn up on HN asking for Prolog devs to rewrite an engine.
I suggest that there are concepts and capabilities that the elite have that average do not. Let's call it complier design or writing prolog.
Writing an enterprises decision engine in Prolog can save time effort energy, maintenance and be worth a fortune in a competitive Market.
But if you are the Prolog programmer, being able to perform is like being Yehudi Menuhin out busking. The elite player needs an orchestra and a concert hall and ticket sales.
Start up founders usually are busy building the concert hall, handing out flyers and selling tickets. A very rare few also play the violin well. No major corporation is going to turn up on HN asking for Prolog devs to rewrite an engine.