So you’re inexperienced, non-technical, and you want to work for a startup

Re:So you’re inexperienced, non-technical, and you want to w... by pvg on Wednesday March 24, 2010 @05:39AM (#1215337)

The much simpler answer seems to be, if you're inexperienced and non-technical, there is simply no room for you in an early stage venture-backed technology startup unless you are someone's best friend, cousin or sibling. Failing that, get experienced or technical enough.

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Re:So you’re inexperienced, non-technical, and you want to w... by corruption on Wednesday March 24, 2010 @08:54AM (#1215543)

Anyone who says you need to be technical in a startup is obviously not practicing much of 4 steps to epiphany.

Having someone to make those face to face meetings, do all the phone calls, write up their research and iterate on the business model while you are developing is a huge advantage. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't really gone out there and done the face to face research in my opinion.

I noticed on days when I had to do both for various reasons my productivity dropped dramatically because a meeting either face to face or online is a huge context switch c.f. changing to a different programming task.

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Re:So you’re inexperienced, non-technical, and you want to w... by bullrunbear on Wednesday March 24, 2010 @01:24PM (#1216273)

I got two offers at startups as a finance undergrad still in college because I networked my ass off. I found some companies and founders I was interested in, reached out, continued to develop those relationships, and then came into offers from said startups.

If you're not someone's best friend, then become it.

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