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by contagionhealth 5684 days ago
Totally agree with znt after starting a co without learning to code (now working on Zed Shaw's Python guide, which is awesome).

Learn to code. IF you don't, and even if you successfully find a tech cofounder/lead engineer, you'll know so little about dev that you'll be wasting everyone's time during project management meetings and/or have no idea what's going on at your startup.

I looked for a tech cofounder for 9 mos. I could have/should have been learning to code at that time. It establishes basic cred you'll need.

And if you're not willing to learn to do that, ask yourself if you're really ready to do a startup, where you'll have to learn painful new skills on a near-daily basis.