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by m11a 610 days ago
> Based on what this person was looking for (someone to build out his ideas) he would be better off trying to get funding and hiring someone.

Yeah.. or even just learning how to code himself. Could learn a decent amount in 9 months.
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unusualmonkey 610 days ago
If you spend 9 months learning to code, you get a junior engineer (at best).

If you sepnd 9 months getting a technical co-founder, you likely get a seasoned engineer + thought partner for all decisions going forward.

One is vastly more valuable than the other.

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m11a 610 days ago
You don’t need to be a great engineer for most startups, unless they’re particularly specialised. Most apps are really just CRUD at small scale. These apps aren’t really hard until you scale. Eg Airbnb is really simple to make, technically speaking, at small scale.

I think it’s valuable to be able to implement your own ideas. Its going to be more productive than trying to explain what you want to someone else. (This isn’t mutually exclusive with having a cofounder as well)

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unusualmonkey 610 days ago
If you're implementing you're idea's... who is marketing them? Who is handling customer support? What about sales, legal, finance, hr etc?

Writing code is not building a business.

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