[waveman2]

> maybe older developers have a blind spot towards opportunities that have failed in the past

Yes. A lot of things have to come together for something to work. Something can fail many times before succeeding. A little irrational optimism can be a good thing. Hitting the ground running at the exact moment is very challenging.

[musesum]

Many times it is blind enthusiasm. My first exposure to that was being surrounded by VC's in 1983 who wanted to invest in our company. We had one of two project management systems, in the market, that worked on an IBM PC. By 1985, there were over 140 competitors. 140; that's a lot of developers hitting the ground running.