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"You can code now shut-up about it already. You are a great developer and I am a great businessman; I have my skills and you have yours (well actually I now hav
by Longlius 14y ago
"You can code now shut-up about it already. You are a great developer and I am a great businessman; I have my skills and you have yours (well actually I now have yours to some extent)."
Really? I don't think so.
HN isn't populated exclusively with code monkeys. A lot of us have solid educational backgrounds, including some with graduate degrees and published research. To imply that you have our skills to 'some extent' is pure hubris on your part.
- ericclemmons 14y agoMy experience with "business people" almost always seems to be adversarial, as they tend to see the relationship in much the same way: combining mutually exclusive skill sets. The problem is, developers are often very opinionated product guys, and they can execute! They typically don't have the insider knowledge on securing funding and navigating business politics. The problem finally emerges when the developer is seen as only the executor of the vision, rather than a business man as well.
- Felix21 14y agoI am talking about enough skills to be able to execute on my ideas at least at the MVP level. Definitely not comparing myself to a computer scientist, neither do I want to be one; I chose a Mechanical Engineering degree for good reasons.