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I think the first thing people should ask themselves is: Why are you trying to get into this scene without any skills? In the last 10 years Silicon Valley and

by ryen 14y ago

I think the first thing people should ask themselves is: Why are you trying to get into this scene without any skills? In the last 10 years Silicon Valley and startups in general have attracted a mush of people who bring little or no value to the table. I'm not talking about business/product types or MBAs that might at least have some experience and maybe some contacts and financial know-how. No, its the kind of people who for no other reason are thrilled by the celebrity-esque world of high-flying startups that might come with free lunch/dinner/beer, parties, and items found in The Social Network. People should learn some product and marketing skills at larger, non-startup companies first before taking sweat equity or low/no pay at a startup. Also make contacts at meetups and learn the finance side of things. THEN you will have less of a problem "Getting into the tech scene", skills in hand.

freework 14y ago
These people are called "startup groupies" and they are a huge problem in Silicon Valley, because that place is infested with them. I thought it funny too that "learn to program" (which the entire article should have been written about) was only given three sentences at the very end of the article.
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AndrewKemendo 14y ago
>I think the first thing people should ask themselves is: Why are you trying to get into this scene without any skills? For the same reasons anyone with no skills gets into anything. Some people glamorize things they don't know, others have a passion but were slow starters, other still know there is gold there, but don't have the experience to understand how to get it. I think the best thing is to be able to weed out the ones who truly are passionate about technology and are willing to learn. I would take someone super enthusiastic with an aptitude for learning and no technical skills over most others any other day. I would also point out that the author implicitly suggests no technical skill = no skills, though it could simply be sloppy writing. The community definitely needs more blog entries telling non-technical people to learn how to code.

by ryen 14y ago

freework 14y ago

These people are called "startup groupies" and they are a huge problem in Silicon Valley, because that place is infested with them. I thought it funny too that "learn to program" (which the entire article should have been written about) was only given three sentences at the very end of the article.

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AndrewKemendo 14y ago

>I think the first thing people should ask themselves is: Why are you trying to get into this scene without any skills? For the same reasons anyone with no skills gets into anything. Some people glamorize things they don't know, others have a passion but were slow starters, other still know there is gold there, but don't have the experience to understand how to get it. I think the best thing is to be able to weed out the ones who truly are passionate about technology and are willing to learn. I would take someone super enthusiastic with an aptitude for learning and no technical skills over most others any other day. I would also point out that the author implicitly suggests no technical skill = no skills, though it could simply be sloppy writing. The community definitely needs more blog entries telling non-technical people to learn how to code.