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I can't speak for everyone but I feel like a large part of why I'm not very excited by doing marketing of a project is because I feel like the project should be
by stevenameyer 14y ago
I can't speak for everyone but I feel like a large part of why I'm not very excited by doing marketing of a project is because I feel like the project should be good enough to market it's self.
I think developers have a sense that if I focus on making a good product everyone will want to use it so I don't have to worry about marketing. Even though a lot of us know that marketing is very important we feel that by focusing on marketing there is a sense of my work isn't good enough to stand up by it's self.
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- mijustin 14y agoI wonder if this is because there's a difference between how developers discover "new things" and how consumers + businesses discover solutions. For example, developers hear about new technology, open source projects, and products on HN, on mailing lists, etc... Businesses + consumers are generally reached through marketing and promotion.
- stevenameyer 14y agoMaybe, but I feel it's a little more the result of developers feeling like marketing is pushing their product on someone. I think the perception of posting something someones done on HN is more here's something I did, what do people who know what they're talking about think about? Where as they see marketing a little more like, how can I tryick this user into using my product.