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by dvt 2025 days ago
> How about merely building a business? Think small indie developer or Basecamp at best, vs Facebook and Amazon.

I think you're getting hung up on my qualifier of "big" -- really, I'd be very happy to make 250k yearly off of a project (a far cry from Basecamp's $25MM yearly revenue), but even ramen profitability is hard, let alone getting to quarter-of-a-million.