Ask HN: Semi-technical co-founder?

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What would you call a guy that knows hows things work and can ask for specific things to get done but can't write a lick of code? Non-tech or semi-tech?

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Three off-the-cuff options based on your vague description:

1) Designer

2) Marketer

3) Management Consultant

Taking a step back, it feels like this question is being asked without a clear understanding of the underlying "why". Could you elaborate further?

Just trying to find out where the tipping point might be between technical and non-profit technical....And if there is a middle ground between the two.

Could you give an example of asking for specific things to get done? I think that the level of specificity and clarification of dependencies there makes the difference.

Probably more like "On the title, we'll probably have to prevent clicks on it to improve UX"

And not "Use css pseudo elements :after to provide the correct bookmarklet title."

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