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Re:Ask HN: What is the most crucial knowledge a non-technica... by toolz on Monday July 13, 2015 @12:36PM (#9879182)
That depends on what the idea is. If you're selling software and you're a founder, you'd better at least want to understand your product or you are useless.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the most crucial knowledge a non-technica... by S4M on Monday July 13, 2015 @12:52PM (#9879296)
Understanding the product doesn't require to know in what language it has been built (unless you're selling a library that can be called from a certain language but I don't think that the kind of product we have in mind here). What you say is akin to a car salesman knowing how the car factory works.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the most crucial knowledge a non-technica... by toolz on Monday July 13, 2015 @01:39PM (#9879641)
I don't think so. I think it's more akin to the CEO of Toyota having an idea how the car factory works and I bet you money he has a pretty good idea.
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