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And usually those people call themselves "idea guys" (yes they're usually male), and they're looking for a "tech guy" to implement it for them for free, in exchange the promise of a small cut of the profits.

I was at a tech get-together and a typical one of those guys approached me and asked "Are you a tech guy or an idea guy?" And I was like, "Well, I'm a tech guy, but I like to think that I'm capable of coming up with ideas, too." It only seems like a dichotomy to people who can't program, believe that coming up with ideas is hard, programming is easy, programmers can't think, and need "idea guys" to tell them what to do.



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