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The best manager I ever had was great at this. He was a former developer who understood the tech but knew how to speak the executives' language. You could con
by pimlottc 11y ago
The best manager I ever had was great at this. He was a former developer who understood the tech but knew how to speak the executives' language. You could convince him with a good tech story and then he'd turn around and sell to his bosses with a good business story.
- danieltillett 11y agoDomain translators are undervalued. Anyone who can effectively translate the different needs and desires between groups is worth their weight in gold.
- ethbro 11y agoAgreed! I think this also cuts to the fact that data doesn't win arguments. Data + time spent studying and understanding data wins. Most people can't or don't want to take time (it's inefficient). So they make decisions based on estimates / stories / approximations / biases / gut and the world keeps spinning. Which means your goal should be to most accurately frame your data in terms of their stories (translating as much or little as they require).