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You are right upto some extent. But what I hear from great founders (such as PG,BFeld etc) is that to go and learn to code yourself. In that way you are not und

You are right upto some extent. But what I hear from great founders (such as PG,BFeld etc) is that to go and learn to code yourself. In that way you are not under mercy of a developer to bring out your product. I agree that someone needs to be clear whether he wants to be a web developer or web entrepreneur but what I think if you are a web developer then developing a web based product is easy (?). May be may be not. I have not gone to that deep end. I have almost started a similar website of yours (Startup frontier) but a different niche. The idea has been pushed to a deep freezer. But thinking of reviving it soon. But thank for the inputs. Check your email.

polyfractal 15y ago
I'll agree with you there. It also helps a lot when outsourcing developers if you know code yourself, since you can keep an eye on what they are doing and spot bad coders before the project spirals into oblivion. Luckily, coding may be hard but it is also eminently accessible. One of my big gripes with biology has always been the lack of "community help". In biology, if you need help with something, you A) ask around the lab/department B) find papers, email the authors, pray they answer or C) perform ritual sacrifice and pray to the elder gods. In programming, you have thousands of great resources all over the internet. I honestly think that everyone can learn enough programming skills to be reasonably competent if they put some effort into it. You persevered through a PhD - I think you'll be fine with programming =D