Why you can('t) recruit a technical cofounder

http://blog.launchbit.com/why-you-cant-recruit-a-technical-cofounder

by imkevinxu • 15 years ago

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phenning• 15 years ago

This was VERY helpful. Thanks for laying it out clearly for the non-techies.

hi5jonlee• 15 years ago

I would emphasize that the idea of a non-technical person getting some exposure is advice that I often got when talking to technical cofounders without having much programming experience. Now I can hold my own at Rails meetups and can actually contribute to detailed technical discussions regarding product development. Ruby on Rails, Python Django, and other frameworks have made webdevelopment at least very accessible to the masses ( = nonprogrammers). With so many books, articles, tuts, and helpful people out there, its easy to move fast towards being able to build your own web/mobile products with a little dedication. Having that kind of working knowledge of the stuff tech cofounders live off of each day makes you seem much more attractive as a potential cofounder. Also, reading HackerNews, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Reddit programming, etc...all help you pick up the "hacker lingo". Without at least some exposure, you will most certainly stick out like a sore thumb in tech startup crowds (believe me, I've been there...its no fun).

Why you can('t) recruit a technical cofounder

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