Really? That repels me immensely. Part of the reason I got out of working in companies is that I got the sense that there's a separate caste for technical peop

Really? That repels me immensely. Part of the reason I got out of working in companies is that I got the sense that there's a separate caste for technical people... where it's impossible to be taken seriously as someone who can do anything but implement what other people think up. On a slight tangent, the reason I slightly regret putting myself into a technical career path in school is that, for technical people, it's harder to move up in an organization and almost impossible to move laterally. Because even if you have multiple talents, you'll never get a chance to prove them. There are non-technical, businessesy people that I have immense respect for. But it bugs me when I'm speaking to new, young entrepreneurs that have this attitude of entitlement, like they should be commanding other people and driving the vision. I applaud them for extending the YC model outside of YC. And I love the idea of matching founders up. But their attitude seems to give a nod to this notion that technical ability and business skills are mutually exclusive. I find it insulting that if you're in any way technical, you're only supposed to apply for the proletariat slot.