Hi everyone, seeking some advice - newbie here so if this doesn't belong here please tell me to delete.
29 yo. College background: Quantitative Econ and Finance. Work background: Was a finance bro for a few years (wall street) then joined the startup world as an employee (operator) and really learned the business / commercial skills (think biz-dev/marketing/ops.. did almost every division that is non-technical).Looking to build something of my own in the future, but I'm in no rush and I have a very long-term view of things in that I want to achieve true mastery in this field. I have been thinking to supplement my business skills with engineering skills - to do a bootcamp and work as a SWE for 2-5 years. Rationale: this will make me a good engineer and will allow me to learn and earn at the same time, while being able to build my own projects in evenings/weekends and upskilling, and adding the technical skills to my skill-stack which already consists of the business side of things.I may be wrong but I have this vision for being a 'full stack operator' - not that I'll ever be as good of a coder as the person doing it since their teenage years, but just to be able to build mvp / communicate with engineers / have technical awareness etc, I think it will go a long way if I'm planning to be in this industry for several decades to come (hopefully). I have the business skills but I'm thinking of getting the technical skills too. Of course I know many people who only have business skills and build successful companies, and I know it's not a requirement. However, I have an admiration for the very few who can build and can sell and have a long-termist view on things (think Bezos).There is the classic debate of specialisation vs generalisation, however I wouldn't call this generalisation given that it's in the same field of building technology companies and will solidify my overall skillset. However, turning 30 soon and as Bill Gates once said: I'd rather teach an engineer marketing than teach a marketer engineering. As age goes up, some say focus and energy goes down, but I'm not sure this applies to someone in early 30s of their career.Any thoughts / advice would be sincerely appreciated. Stick to doubling down on my business skills, or supplement the business skills with technical skills? Thanks so much to all.