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Should non-technical founders learn to code? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Darryl-D@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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I think not.

It's counterintuitive to ignore your strengths as a founder (ie: sales, marketing, etc)

The founders I speak with who want to learn to code assume it will help them understand their developers more. This is slightly true, but it's an opportunity cost against time spent selling/promoting the product.

Products fail more due to poor PMF, not because founders can't code.

Hiring developers who can communicate is a bigger force multiplier. (a hard requirement for me)

A technical project manager is even more ideal for providing the buffer between the founder and developers.

Curious how non-technical people on the fence of learning to code feel about this topic.

(if it's a passion you seek, that is a different argument. code away)

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[–] Darryl-D@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

even experienced coders are usually shit at building an product from scratch.

Facts!

They know how to engineer in circles. but can't ship a product to save their life. It's also a mark of maturity.

For some people, coding is the goal.

For the mature, it's a means to an end, shipping a product is the goal.