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Indeed. It's a much different prospect to have to not only develop some new piece of technology but also build a business around it, figure out how to transition from your day job on the one hand to being handed enough money to make a lot of those risks and problems go away if you're successful on the other hand. It changes the risk/reward equation for someone talented enough to maybe develop this sort of thing in their spare time.


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