What should a striving non-programmer do?

Re:What should a striving non-programmer do? by nostrademons on Friday August 24, 2007 @11:06PM (#46495)

"Steve Job's is also a non-programmer - the success of Apple is his vision and the ability to direct people to achieve that goal."

Well, that and Wozniak's 1337 skills at hacking.

The real benefit of having a great hacker cofounder isn't the work they do themselves. It's that they can recognize and attract other great hackers to work for them, and that they're respected enough that those other hackers will give their best effort and not cynically slack off. You think that Jobs could have attracted Burrell Smith and Bud Tribble and Andy Hertzfeld alone if they weren't working with Woz? Or that he could've hired John Lasseter at Pixar without Ed Catmull and Alvy Ray?

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Re:What should a striving non-programmer do? by nailer on Saturday August 25, 2007 @11:52PM (#46676)

Yes, I believe Jobs certainly would have attracted Andy Hertzfeld without the Woz. Both Jobs and Hertzfeld are passionate user interface designers, with a strong awareness of typography and user experience. The work Jobs have Hertzfeld was in an area Hertzfeld already cared deeply about.

I'm not familiar with the other developers you've mentioned.

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