Software has to be designed by hackers who understand design, not designers who know a little about software. If you can't design software as well as… - Paul Graham

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Software has to be designed by hackers who understand design, not designers who know a little about software. If you can't design software as well as implement it, don't start a startup.

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About Paul Graham

Paul Graham (born 1964) is an English computer scientist, essayist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is best known for his work on the programming language Lisp, his former startup Viaweb (later renamed Yahoo! Store), cofounding the influential startup accelerator and seed capital firm Y Combinator, his essays, and Hacker News.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Crédit photo: Sarah Harlin (Public domain / CC0)

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