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>my friend has no technical ability In my experience moving forward, I won't do this again. It is just the little things. You get sick of explaining words like
by 27182818284 13y ago
>my friend has no technical ability
In my experience moving forward, I won't do this again. It is just the little things. You get sick of explaining words like monotonically or whatever that comes up. I don't think you need a hacker/PhD cofounder, but they need to have some tech-savvyness if it is a tech-based startup. It will just make life easier.
- coralreef 13y agoIf you know he doesn't understand technical lingo, why do you throw it at him?
- sejje 13y agoI've co-founded with my brother and I just didn't use technical lingo. When I did, it was because it would get used constantly and I just explained it one time. I have a pretty good way of explaining tech to non-techies.
- 27182818284 13y agoI don't "throw" it. I speak the way I normally speak. It has come up as a problem before with non-jargony terms too. I'll use something like "modus operandi" or whatever and get blank stares from people. Actually, a recent one I remember using that got blank stares was just "cryptography". That was actually awesome because I knew the etymology off the top of my head, so teaching that one was fun.
- ycmike 13y agoI'm in the same boat with my co-founders and totally agree. It's a tech startup and that requires a certain degree of savvy. I mean, if the company is successful you will hire more engineers. If they are clueless that should be a sign.