# There is a chicken-and-egg around figuring out what work is valuable to companies Companies want to keep what their problems are close to the vest. <!-- #index --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/There+is+a+chicken-and-egg+around+figuring+out+what+work+is+valuable+to+companies) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/There+is+a+chicken-and-egg+around+figuring+out+what+work+is+valuable+to+companies) <!-- {BearID:97BD6003-B8BB-405E-8766-962576CF2757} -->