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0 pointsmenloparkbum17y ago0 comments

The subset of hackers who can learn "business" is greater than the subset of business people who can be hackers

This is a common notion but after years of working in the software business I'm not convinced it is true at all. The successful biz guys I've known could easily learn some subset of programming. Most of the programmers I've known could not be a successful business person if their lives depended on it. YMMV.

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ericb17y ago

Business is a broad arena, but if you were to narrow it down to "sales" I might agree with you.

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