>In practice, when I was attending meetups, I did not meet a single non-technical person who had done any of this leg work. I would have taken them and their id

>In practice, when I was attending meetups, I did not meet a single non-technical person who had done any of this leg work. I would have taken them and their idea very seriously if they had. This is why I've stopped attending meetups that aren't specifically targeted towards devs. It's a shame, because there are many interesting people at those events, but every time I go to one I get sick of explaining why I don't want to work for startup X or be represented by recruiter Y.