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Re:My programmer is a dick... by richardjortega on Monday October 03, 2011 @03:17PM (#3067581)
Yeah, that's a good point. Time to brush up on my coding skills. Do you think you can sell and code in a startup and be great at both?
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Re:My programmer is a dick... by abbasmehdi on Monday October 03, 2011 @03:23PM (#3067607)
Fuck yes. It actually makes you even better as both, a programmer and a sales person.

Makes you a better salesperson becuase you know your product knowledge goes much through the roof, you know what is and isn't possible, and you can estimate how long things take to build and what it would cost to build them. (You are actually useful).

Makes you a btter coder because it is you who is married to the customer, so nothing is lost in translation.

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