Yes and no. While I disparage the whole "marketing" side of things, I don't necessarily discount it. A good marketer or sales person can add immense value to

Yes and no. While I disparage the whole "marketing" side of things, I don't necessarily discount it. A good marketer or sales person can add immense value to a business and can source and provide connections that prove to be make or break. Just the same as that rare engineer who is capable of solving that one critical technical puzzle that makes the business work. I just happen to think that the popular model of some business graduate having an "idea" and finding developers to build it for him is lame - that shouldn't be the norm. Developers are the builders, they just need help coming up with the business framework to make a living around what they build.