Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?

Do you need to be a programmer to run a software company?(zdnet.com)

2 points by ruffdev 14 years ago | 1 comment

I'm not sure about "a software company" but in the case of Microsoft one could argue that as a non-programmer Steve Ballmer hasn't done that well. Although to be fair I'm not sure if that's his real problem. As a geek I would have like to have seen Ray Ozzie become CEO of Microsoft, but alas that day won't come.

michaelpinto 14 years ago |

I'm not sure about "a software company" but in the case of Microsoft one could argue that as a non-programmer Steve Ballmer hasn't done that well. Although to be fair I'm not sure if that's his real problem. As a geek I would have like to have seen Ray Ozzie become CEO of Microsoft, but alas that day won't come.