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📣 pauljeba

Do SaaS founders know SQL? My app will fail, if the majority Dont


Do SaaS founders know SQL? My app will fail, if the majority Dont


  👤 biermic Accepted Answer ✓
Don't panic. You might find the video linked below from Patrick Campbell interesting. He talks about constantly freaking out as founder, and getting the awareness to overcome this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56_9y2pMwhs


👤 codegeek
I checked your profile and it seems like you are building a tool for founders which requires SQL knowledge since it is related to data analytics etc, correct ? I think your Ask HN title is a bit confusing so I wanted to clarify first.

If my understanding is correct, I would say no problem since any SAAS must have at least a senior technical person whether they are founder/co-founder or not. I run a SAAS and I am definitely decent with SQL myself even though I am not the CTO who is obviously better than me at everything technical.


👤 quickthrower2
Technically there is no need to understand code at all, depending on if you have a cofounder or use nocode tools.