Just what constitutes an “in-demand” tech skill? The answer is constantly evolving. Everyone knows how in-demand “tech” skills are. But what’s interesting is how dynamic that demand is, shifting every few years. Although these shifts are why Hybrid roles require multiple skill sets helping people remain relevant in an ever-changing workforce. I don’t think it’s fair that we have to be jack of all trade for us to have a taste of real success. 
this has to be one of the most ridiculous things I’ve read 
when you code you are creating a product.
when you’re done coding you go and make noise about your awesome product on the net.
then sales comes like magic 
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How hard is that 
How hard is that?
I’ve come across much ridiculous situations.
To most people, coding is a passion.
Traditionally, coding is about solving problems, not about product design or marketing. As a Startup, one might not have the money to hire professional marketers, to influence Hype. I know of a thousand Startups that had great products but couldn’t survive due to lack of marketing skill.
Finally, it’s about the product, not how you coded or realized it. Hence the theme of this post. 
coding is not a passion to me 
coding is not about solving problems…Its about creating a product that solves a problem 
coding helps a person create a DIGITAL product without physical stress. just mental stress.
if a coder doesn’t know how to make money without money in this age… Then the coder needs to learn about Internet Marketing 
Your opinion definitely have grounds, as to you, coding is just a means to an end, to create a product that you would like to see realize.
Of course one would need to learn Internet Marketing. My concern is that most coders just think typing the codes is the challenging part and thinks the race is finished after that.
When in fact the challenge is about finding the right models, architecture and approaches to solve a problem efficiently resulting in a reliable product.
The fact that you’re the best coder in your class doesn’t imply you can build the best selling products. Thanks again.
@MrASulaiman I completely agree with you. In this age and time it is important that one has at least little knowledge of the aforementioned skill because without them it would be hard to start-up anything. Most of the time people that have ideas can’t even build a prototype. I know this because I am a Software developer and I have seen many people with really great product ideas and marketing skills but finding someone to build a prototype is usually the missing piece and in many cases it seems to be the missing piece, I sometimes pity them because it’s really hard to find a good programmer to bring your idea to life, especially know there is the entrepreneurship revolution where anyone with the littlest coding skills want’s to be the next Mark Zuckerberg. Even if I had to build a product know, I can’t even hire me as it stands now, that’s the truth. It really does pay to have the basic skills to at least lift your product off the ground
Well said @kinect!
You clearly understand the situation.
Multiple skill-set is an additional advantage.
@Godmode @MrASulaiman Coding is definitely a passion to some people. I work with extremely brilliant coders that are probably a 100x better than I am, and they can sit around all day and talk about algorithms that can render 1 million polygons on a mobile device, or discuss how one guy’s Anti-Aliasing solution is 1.5x faster than that girl’s solution. These are the guys the top studios pay above $100k.
They aren’t interested in giving presentations on how the end product is going to make a customer feel, or in advertising, or meeting with clients, etc. They just want to solve problems because that’s what makes them happy. I say it pays to be highly skilled in one field, so more power to them.
For someone who has an idea for a product and wants to launch on their own, then yeah it would be necessary to have some additional skills besides coding, but I wouldn’t generalize and say everyone in tech should strive to attain multiple skill-sets.
Well said!
Remind me again the remuneration for programmers in Nigeria? Or the no job concern?
Yes it’s a passion to most coders! But to survive in Nigeria either as an Entrepreneur or handling a Hybrid Role, you need to be multi-skilled.
The situation so far is not static.
Even if tthe programmer is not an Entrepreneur perse, the extra knowledge is an advantage to ensure he/she better understands a client when contracted to code a product/service else one might face issues finding someone to build a prototype as mentioned by @kinect
Having multiple skills has nothing to do with marketing…
Coders have already solved the marketing issues by creating e-commerce websites for digital products, App stores e.t.c… All a coder needs to do is create a product, upload and hope the product passes their reviewing process…
remuneration or unemployment issues have nothing to do with someone who knows how to build a digital product…
This conversation has gone on to coding when the first post didn’t even mention it. And this is a symptom of the problem: that tech skills automatically equals coding. A code genius is not that important for a new startup except you’re Pied Piper (or an outfit whose sole product is code/algorithm). You need those other skills. Personally, https://twitter.com/stigwue/status/611984190029066241
What are you talking about, mate?
Ecommerce websites and app stores? Are those the ‘holy grail’ for marketing platforms. Supposing your assumption only covered for mobile apps and digital products, still prerequisite for even a successful market trial is only half met.
And if you think it was a coder that conceived the idea of an app store, then again you may be flat wrong.
A good programmer in the body of a great marketer is far more useful combination for sucess than a genius coder.
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These are the guys the top studios pay above $100k.
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The reason I mentioned remuneration is when I noticed the $100k. Everyone wants to be a $100k guy but we all know the drill.
The first post clearly highlighted a person being in between product, coding/design and marketing (View Image). Hence we’re trying to understand the advantage and disadvantage of being multi-skilled.