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Bill Clementson outlines a plan for making money on Lisp; the same ideas are applicable to Smalltalk (or any development niche, for that matter). The ideas are spun off of this thought:
You sometimes hear people on c.l.l. complain that they can't find ads for Lisp programming jobs. Rather than bemoan the lack of Lisp jobs on the Monster job web site, it might be more useful to focus on what Lisp is good for and work out how those Lisp-specific qualities might help you make money. Fast Company recently pointed to a weblog posting by Dave Pollard about the 10 most important business ideas of 2003. Reading through this list, I was struck by how well-positioned Lisp is in some of the areas highlighted by Dave...
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