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Comment by WadeF | Hacker News Reader

OP here.

I definitely agree with this. Good Marketers can make money ridiculously fast. The curious thing to me is why, IMHO, great developers aren't undervalued by startups, but great marketers are.

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Marketer here… developers think they are smarter than marketers.

But, I cry foul on the full stack marketer. Asking for someone that is an expert at everything you mentioned is like asking for an old C wizard, who loves LISP, but plays with Python, Go, & still finds time for iOS, Android, & web development skills. Oh and he happens to be a UI person too…

You can be extremely good at several of those items, but no one person will be an expert in all of them.

I'll agree with this. Being a "master" at all of the things listed would take longer than the Internet has existed, but being really good at two or three of them makes you a LOT of money, and VERY valuable.

Spot on. Being able to sell things through copy is one of my most powerful skills.

You don't really need to be a master or an expert at all these things. You just need to know enough to make something happen. Once you get to a certain scale you can bring in the experts.

Because most startups are being done by technical types who dont have a clue about how to sell something. So they value those who are like them, and devalue those who are not. They really do think in binary. As a hybrid, I can tell you that this kills more startups than anything else.

Good post, btw.

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