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Re:What's A Non-Programmer To Do? (How I keep myself busy.) by spencerfry on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @01:11PM (#908248)
Thank you! I actually applied to business schools right before I started working on Carbonmade. I pulled my apps as Carbonmade began to grow. I think people lose sight at the fact that building a product -- design and code -- is just one piece of the puzzle. It's a very important part (arguably the most important), but the things I listed make up a sizable amount of work that must be done well. Companies cannot survive, or at least cannot grow to hundred million dollar companies, without excellent CEOs, sales people, marketing people, support staff, project managers, etc.
Re:What's A Non-Programmer To Do? (How I keep myself busy.) by eru on Thursday October 29, 2009 @08:19AM (#909877)
Yes. Though it might still pay off to set aside an hour a week to do some programming. Just so that you do not lose touch with your programmers. (I don't know, if you can find the time in a startup, but in a bigger company it may be worth it.)