Number of programmers is often not proportionate to the number of good programmers. By your simple equation, you'd be hiring only Turbo C programmers :D But I

Number of programmers is often not proportionate to the number of good programmers. By your simple equation, you'd be hiring only Turbo C programmers :D But I do agree with you - if your startup is not primarily a technology one, then maybe it doesn't matter. Throw enough people at it and it might just work