Here on the east coast and the events and circles I hang in, developers are a rare thing and hard to come by!
For instance Startup Camp in NYC had one or two hackers/developers not involved in a startup already. The remaining 70 people in the room were creative/business people. Same goes for the DC startup community. Business/creative people population is higher then available developers!
As for me I taught myself web design(html, css, photoshop) and hired a developer from India. He does good work and is inexpensive.
I don't think it matters either way. Rather how focused and driven you are!!!
For instance Startup Camp in NYC had one or two hackers/developers not involved in a startup already. The remaining 70 people in the room were creative/business people. Same goes for the DC startup community. Business/creative people population is higher then available developers!
As for me I taught myself web design(html, css, photoshop) and hired a developer from India. He does good work and is inexpensive.
I don't think it matters either way. Rather how focused and driven you are!!!