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I have enormous respect for business people who have no technical knowledge, and behave accordingly. Conversely, if you know that you know nothing about parts
by gdp 17y ago
I have enormous respect for business people who have no technical knowledge, and behave accordingly.
Conversely, if you know that you know nothing about parts of what I do, then why do you feel it's necessary to have input into it?
I think knowing your own strengths and weaknesses and allowing others to employ their own strengths is just as valuable a skill as actually learning a bunch of technical stuff.
- christonog 17y ago>I have enormous respect for business people who have no technical knowledge, and behave accordingly. Conversely, if you know that you know nothing about parts of what I do, then why do you feel it's necessary to have input into it? I agree, I think this ties back to what icey mentioned in his/her parent comment. I definitely know my strength doesn't lie within the technical side of things, but I do know that a proven model of success for a technology start-up is for the founders to have some sort of technical background. You need to be able to understand the problems that happen which can hamper the growth of the business. That is why learning how to code is important to me.
- gommm 17y agoI think you're on the right path... Getting a technical background is important to get a feel of the problems that your engineers face and as long as you know that they know better than you and let them decide the technical choices, it's going to work well... And, learning how to code is a great way to learn that things are sometimes much more complicated than they seem :-) On the other side, I believe that when you look for a programmer you should look for someone who has a little interest in business and tries to learn... Having both founders trying to understand what the other does goes a long way to having good communication.