Comment by mpyne

> There's this thing called "research" where you talk to real people, instead of guessing.

Obviously you should talk to people.

But that doesn't lead to guarantees of product-market fit. People can describe their problems, but they usually can't describe the solution. If they already knew the solution they'd likely have already addressed the problem!

> ruthlessness is an asset when it comes to we built the wrong thing. ruthlessness gets us moving on faster.

Sure, I think we are sort of saying the same thing. I'm saying you should work on it even though it may be ruthlessly rejected later, potentially even without ever shipping.

It's part of the game and it's not worth crying over. The ruthless thing is to acknowledge the work you did, that it had value to whoever was paying you to do it, and then move on to the next thing.