This is a sarcastic retort to the common advise given to MBA/business people who look for technical co-founders, by technical people on HN:
I'm completely aware of that. It's just that I don't read HN for sarcastic retorts, I read HN for interesting viewpoints.
Further, it's a sarcastic retort to an article (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1820495) that doesn't require one; the original blog post is by someone who comes from a non-technical background but taught himself enough to be useful technically, and the top ranked comment contains excellent advice on how to attract technical co-founders.
"Just learn to code yourself, and don't ask precious me for my time."
The people who receive this response generally aren't offering much. They don't talk about their success in selling stuff in the past[1], or the money they've raised previously, or the beta customers they've lined up. If you're going to pitch yourself as a non-technical founder, you need to talk about your relevant strengths. A good idea by itself just doesn't cut it.
And finally, advice to "do it yourself if you can't find anyone else" is sound. If you can't find someone to take care of the business side, learn to sell, learn to figure out how much you need to spend to get a customer and so on. If you can't find someone technical, learn to code a bit. Just making the attempt shows others that you're not the kind of person to let obstacles stand in your way.
[1] And frankly, if their pitch for a cofounder is this bad it bodes poorly for them selling product later on.
No, what you have done is to post on a discussion board a request for a technical co-founder. What you clearly have not done is perform a search on that discussion board for previous cases where people have asked for technical co-founders, or people have posted articles about why it's hard to find technical co-founders, or articles about why asking for a technical co-founder is bound to fail.
This is a sarcastic retort to the common advise given to MBA/business people who look for technical co-founders, by technical people on HN:
I'm completely aware of that. It's just that I don't read HN for sarcastic retorts, I read HN for interesting viewpoints.
Further, it's a sarcastic retort to an article (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1820495) that doesn't require one; the original blog post is by someone who comes from a non-technical background but taught himself enough to be useful technically, and the top ranked comment contains excellent advice on how to attract technical co-founders.
"Just learn to code yourself, and don't ask precious me for my time."
The people who receive this response generally aren't offering much. They don't talk about their success in selling stuff in the past[1], or the money they've raised previously, or the beta customers they've lined up. If you're going to pitch yourself as a non-technical founder, you need to talk about your relevant strengths. A good idea by itself just doesn't cut it.
And finally, advice to "do it yourself if you can't find anyone else" is sound. If you can't find someone to take care of the business side, learn to sell, learn to figure out how much you need to spend to get a customer and so on. If you can't find someone technical, learn to code a bit. Just making the attempt shows others that you're not the kind of person to let obstacles stand in your way.
[1] And frankly, if their pitch for a cofounder is this bad it bodes poorly for them selling product later on.