[a5seo]

The other extreme is people who can never see technical entrepreneurs as anything other than coders.

A week ago I was having coffee with the new VP of Marketing for a company I consult to. Despite my background: MBA 8 years ago, founder of web startup that was acquired, several years in product management prior to that, the veep asked me why I didn't wan to be a programmer. What?

I still code, but I find it annoying when people perceive me as coder first, as though that invalidates my business credentials.

Maybe I'm putting out the wrong vibe, but I'd like to chalk this up to them being threatened by the idea that someone with a skillset they will never have can do all the same stuff they can.