[noname123]

I'll stick out my neck and say that perhaps the dearth of truly innovative startups is because solving real problems are very difficult. Most of us are pampered because we were told that we were smart because there is a shortage of coding skills. But coding skills cannot solve cancer, invent alternative energy sources nor create self-driving skills (that is AI research).

So we all gravitate towards making a web app to do laundry quicker. However since there is no real competitive advantage to whose web laundry app is better, coders are actually the commodity used by the business/marketing to a race to the bottom of who can raise the money the fastest, do the best viral marketing and creating a cult of persona in the tech press.

I don't mean to be negative but I just want to make a point that it is up to ourselves to learn a new skill-set if we want to solve bigger problems vs. carping about scruples-less businessman exploiting coders whose skills due to agile, coding bootcamps and improved programming toolchains are getting increasingly commoditized.