> I thought we were beyond this in 2026.

You must be new to tech.

> You must be new to tech.

Feel free to peruse my profile and websites to get a sense of my contributions and career trajectory over the past few decades, in software and in bluegrass music, if you for whatever reason seriously think that's germane to the discussion.

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leoqa 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

He’s calling you naive, not asking for your resume.

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AndrewKemendo 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Steve Blank has been doing H4D for a decade now

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jMyles 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Of course, and it's been discussed on HN several times, but I can't recall seeing that students were being taught "how to sell to the [DoD/DoW]"; I'm pretty sure that's new (whether it was part of the course I have no idea, but I don't recall it being part of any materials or discussions).

	▲	e28eta 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		From this article, it does sound like it’s a newer development: > Goals for Hacking for Defense > A decade ago, our goal for the class was to teach students Lean Innovation methods while they engaged in national public service. We wanted to familiarize students with the military as a profession and help them better understand its expertise, and its role in society. We also hoped the class would show our sponsors a methodology that builds problem understanding before writing requirements. > The class still does all this, but now that the DoW is buying from startups and defense venture capital is abundant, the class has turned into a national security incubator. Most of our teams form defense companies.
	▲	chadgpt3 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Every tech company that can is selling war machines to the DoW because that's where most of the country's money is - that and stock markets.
	▲	AndrewKemendo 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That’s literally the whole point of the course if you read the original intent of the course it was to change the acquisitions approach of Silicon Valley to match or influence the way the Department of defense does acquisitions and they’ve been extremely successful in capturing the Department of defense as you can see