Do programmers suck at marketing?

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  • warlock5
    Confirmed User
    • Jan 2004
    • 2808
    #1

    Do programmers suck at marketing?

    I've noticed something from watching message boards. Whenever there is a thread about web design or logo design, it gets tons of replies with links to portfolios and usually a few pics in the thread too.

    I've made a few casual posts here, and on several other boards looking for programmers. Never any interest. I sent out an e-mail to a site I found on someone's sig here -- never any reply (hey, maybe it got spam filtered -- but I can't say I've have any problems with spam filters before.)

    Short of hiring a full-time outsourced programmer -- which is on my "to do" list for next year, are most programmers full of jobs?
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    • Furious_Female
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      • Oct 2002
      • 8187
      #2
      I know several programmers (one in particular) who does very well with marketing
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        • Napolean
          Misanthropic Egalitarian
          • Nov 2002
          • 4330
          #3
          I'm a programmer and I do pretty good with marketing

          not taking clients though, so heres a bump
          HAH! FOUND IT FRIS

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            • woj
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              • Jul 2002
              • 47880
              #4
              heh, this thread proves your point, it dropped to 2nd page in no time...
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                • GTS Mark
                  Vrume Mark
                  • Jan 2001
                  • 20912
                  #5
                  One thing I know for sure is that I am a good marketer and I fucking suck at programming LOLOLOL!!! ;)

                  DH

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                    • MrChips
                      Confirmed User
                      • May 2005
                      • 1504
                      #6
                      Yes - programmers suck at marketting - thats my downfall.

                      I'll get there though.

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                        • Shooting_Manic
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Jan 2005
                          • 1740
                          #7
                          For every good marketing programmer, theres ten that suck ass. I know some HUGE and I mean huge marketing blunders that programmers made, costing them a kings randsom.
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                            • Relish XXX
                              Confirmed User
                              • Dec 2004
                              • 4904
                              #8
                              Isnt that why you have a marketting department and a programming department?

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                                • sniperwolf
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Mar 2005
                                  • 17743
                                  #9
                                  I see you haven't found one yet!
                                  ~Accepting design works~

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                                    • High Plains Drifter
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jun 2005
                                      • 2341
                                      #10
                                      A good programmer can make more money writing enterprise or embedded software than dicking around with scripts.

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                                        • warlock5
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Jan 2004
                                          • 2808
                                          #11
                                          Well, at least this thread didn't make a complete fool out of me (yet)

                                          Maybe I just got that idea from all the years I read Slashdot. Post after post from unemployed programmers -- it just drove me nuts! The occasional post from geniuses like John Carmack kept me there.

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                                            • warlock5
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jan 2004
                                              • 2808
                                              #12
                                              I should add, I had this great programmer as a friend. I wanted to hire him to do a small asp thing for one of my sites. He didn't want any money, but in the end he only sent me a half complete project.

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                                                • High Plains Drifter
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jun 2005
                                                  • 2341
                                                  #13
                                                  Romero was the real brains in that partnership.

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                                                      • Nov 2003
                                                      • 32189
                                                      #14
                                                      The ones that I've used from the boards usually offer coding jobs when they have excess time outside of their webmaster/site promotions activities. If you need a consistent supply of programming time, try http://www.scriptlance.com

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