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Comment by poppysan | Hacker News Reader

There is more to a business than code.

There is no Snapchat business without code.

The mindset of "code is necessary and sufficient" is blinding and will prevent you from being an effective team member, founder and/or executive. Small companies have existential threats around every corner and don't exist if they don't have lots of help.

I'm not arguing that code in and of itself is sufficient, rather that it is the one necessary fundamental for most online/app-based/saas style businesses.

Without code you don't even have a pig to put lipstick on.

That can arguably be reduced to "There is no Snapchat business"

I'm way late in adding a comment to this thread, but I wanted to say: well said.

Adding:

  I_HAVE_THE_CODEZ && AttractingUsers && RetainingUsers &&
  AttractingTalent && DoingPayroll && GettingOfficeSpace &&
  HavingARolodex && KnowingSalaries && 
  KnowingProductManagement && KnowingSales &&
  OhCrapWeveGotAConferenceComingUp && OurRockstarJustLeft &&
  *everything*

[Note: I'm a "developer"... ]

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