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I completely agree here. I learned long ago that if I built something that I thought was cool, it didn't turn to dollars. The best hackers absolutely need to f
by jpcx01 16y ago
I completely agree here. I learned long ago that if I built something that I thought was cool, it didn't turn to dollars.
The best hackers absolutely need to find a great business partner. Unless they can wing it on their own. But personally, I hated the doing all the BS it takes to bring a product to market. I just want to build cool shit.
- il 16y agoThat's why a business guy and a hacker is the best team. I love creating new marketing strategies, building campaigns, writing sales copy and doing customer development. But writing code bores me...I hate slogging through coding and debugging whenever I have to do it.
- jlees 16y agoil, I'm the same, but I think it helps to at least be on that side of the fence - a hacker turned to the dark side - than be the proverbial "Here are my mockups in PowerPoint, now build me a website" clueless/exploitative 'business guy'.
- mahmud 16y agoIf you hate coding you're not a "hacker", in the same way that I am not a vegetarian just because I eat salad before my dinner. We both do it because we "have to".
- kranner 16y agoI used to think marketing was BS too, but I've come to think it's just a different sort of hacking.