Comments on: Why I’d Leave the Web Industry: It’s hard to excel http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html Thu, 17 May 2012 08:10:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: How To Be Content With Your Life in Tech (or Why Your Work With Web 2.0 Is Not A Waste of Time) http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-16030 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:50:44 +0000 http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-16030 [...] A couple of weeks ago, Paul Robinson, the organizer of the excellent BarCamp Manchester, wrote “The Vision Thing“, a piece where he ponders on the banality of the Web-related industry. Andy Mitchell quickly followed up with “10 Reasons I Hate Where the Web is At” and encouraged me to post a response. This discussion somewhat echoes two posts I wrote a year ago, Why I’d Leave The Web Industry: It’s Hard to Excel and Why I’d Leave The Web Industry: It’s Ephemeral, but I want to recover the issues since my personal views have changed significantly since I wrote those posts. [...] […] A couple of weeks ago, Paul Robinson, the organizer of the excellent BarCamp Manchester, wrote “The Vision Thing“, a piece where he ponders on the banality of the Web-related industry. Andy Mitchell quickly followed up with “10 Reasons I Hate Where the Web is At” and encouraged me to post a response. This discussion somewhat echoes two posts I wrote a year ago, Why I’d Leave The Web Industry: It’s Hard to Excel and Why I’d Leave The Web Industry: It’s Ephemeral, but I want to recover the issues since my personal views have changed significantly since I wrote those posts. […]

]]> by: Why I’d Leave the Web Industry: It’s ephemeral - Peter Cooper http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-5227 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 02:49:34 +0000 http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-5227 [...] « Why I’d Leave the Web Industry: It’s hard to excel [...] […] « Why I’d Leave the Web Industry: It’s hard to excel […]

]]> by: Dave H http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-5183 Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:22:21 +0000 http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-5183 This is something I've thought about myself. I don't think I'll move out of the industry for some years yet, but I think I can find a more satisfying career. This is something I’ve thought about myself. I don’t think I’ll move out of the industry for some years yet, but I think I can find a more satisfying career.

]]> by: Nick Gray http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4928 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:27:29 +0000 http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4928 Welcome to the club :) Welcome to the club :)

]]> by: Geoffrey McCaleb http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4913 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:42:14 +0000 http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4913 Do you need someone to take you out for a beer? ;) I suppose it depends on which end of the spectrum you are looking at. From my perspective, I'm excited about the opportunities of the future. Web 1.0 (I know, silly to call it that) from an enterprise perspective was about large scale build-outs, three tier services, massive complexity, and the so-called "lock-in" effect with regards to services. Now, people seem to have finally acknowledged the power of simplicity. Why build three tier when a stripped down php/ruby app can achieve the same results with lower spend. And companies can't expect to lock in their customers anymore when their customers expect mashups with Google maps or whatever. I don't think we can expect to excel anymore at everything, but I don't see that as a bad thing. We should look to excel and share at what we do best, and collaborate with others where we are weak. I dunno, I guess I'm a hopeless optimist. Do you need someone to take you out for a beer? ;)

I suppose it depends on which end of the spectrum you are looking at. From my perspective, I’m excited about the opportunities of the future. Web 1.0 (I know, silly to call it that) from an enterprise perspective was about large scale build-outs, three tier services, massive complexity, and the so-called “lock-in” effect with regards to services.

Now, people seem to have finally acknowledged the power of simplicity. Why build three tier when a stripped down php/ruby app can achieve the same results with lower spend. And companies can’t expect to lock in their customers anymore when their customers expect mashups with Google maps or whatever.

I don’t think we can expect to excel anymore at everything, but I don’t see that as a bad thing. We should look to excel and share at what we do best, and collaborate with others where we are weak.

I dunno, I guess I’m a hopeless optimist.

]]> by: Ed http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4902 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 12:46:55 +0000 http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4902 For what it's worth, I respect you as an "expert". For what it’s worth, I respect you as an “expert”.

]]> by: simonh http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4851 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:20:22 +0000 http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4851 Hello Peter. I'm not sure that I follow your reasoning here. As I understand it, you own a couple of successful (web centred) businesses and are about to have a book published. How is that not excelling in your chosen field? Hello Peter. I’m not sure that I follow your reasoning here. As I understand it, you own a couple of successful (web centred) businesses and are about to have a book published. How is that not excelling in your chosen field?

]]> by: Mike B http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4831 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 04:22:37 +0000 http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4831 Peter, I think we are a lot alike, and I totally agree with you. I've tried to leave this industry once already, and I'm working on leaving again. Thanks for your great blogs. Peter, I think we are a lot alike, and I totally agree with you. I’ve tried to leave this industry once already, and I’m working on leaving again. Thanks for your great blogs.

]]> by: atmos http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4823 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:04:24 +0000 http://www.petercooper.co.uk/why-id-leave-the-web-industry-its-hard-to-excel-42.html#comment-4823 Word. Word.

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