I am probably never going to do an MBA (probably because life in unpredictable), but, as a business guy with programming skills, I strongly advise the "tech guy

I am probably never going to do an MBA (probably because life in unpredictable), but, as a business guy with programming skills, I strongly advise the "tech guys" not to close doors on anybody. If they come with a suit and they look like they are going to drop a ton a BS on you, just listen and then ask them to prove themselves somehow. If they ask you money and they don't want to prove themselves first, then you should send them the high way. And, I know HN is strongly skewed on consumer SAAS, but there is a world of companies with big money working on 10 to 20 years old software that would love to pay for stuff that works and allows them to save costs. Easiest way to get to this gold mine is actually sympathizing with the business people, not "enemyzing" them.