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by jaredklewis
1124 days ago
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Maybe if they had a little more to show for it I could be more understanding. Money has a lot of good uses; I feel certain the $300k spent on this POS design could have a far greater impact elsewhere. Travel is great, but in a pinch you can find most of the world’s great ideas are written down in books or on the internet. The difference in cost is quite substantial. |
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There are clearly decision makers somewhere in the situation who just shouldn’t be involved.
But travel is cheap education and research when compared to a city wide problem.
Traveling isn’t just about exposing yourself to ideas. It’s about exposing yourself to how they actually work in practice, pros, cons, unexpected dependencies, etc. while carrying your own situations needs around with you.
You can’t get all that coupled perspective second hand. That’s a false economy.
It would be negligent and unprofessional to not travel, for a problem on this scale.