Ask HN: Is a Great Marketer Worth at Least 10 Great Developers?

You need both; they aren't substitutable. And great anything is hard to get so hire as many as you can of either category.

Is a great developer worth 10 marketers?

I read an answer on Quora by Venkatesh Rao and he says it there: https://www.quora.com/Some-startups-never-get-the-publicity-...