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The list of priorities at the top is just mind blowing. 10-20 years ago you would invert it. Top priority would be a super-extroverted business type with sales/
by api 10y ago
The list of priorities at the top is just mind blowing. 10-20 years ago you would invert it. Top priority would be a super-extroverted business type with sales/marketing experience. Any tech talent on the team at all would be optional, and the rest of the team makeup would be heavily tilted toward sales.
E.g. in dot.com 1.0 it was common for a 100% MBA and sales team to get funded and then outsource all tech. I saw this happening as recently as 2008-2009.
What an unbelievable change in the industry...
- hinkley 10y agoAh, the good ol' "You can't change that tech decision because we already promised them a perpetual motion machine" gag.
- devonkim 10y agoI see this typically in enterprise technology markets because sales relationships are a prerequisite for success. The idea of a long term growth strategy with strong technicals scaling later on with b2b sales is popular but most businesses outside tech view technology as something like a sales channel rather than an integral part of the business development process.
- nostrademons 10y agoIt's largely because the market decided that having actual technology was pretty important for a tech company and rewarded those companies that did. Their founders got rich and now get to decide where that money goes; the MBA types who outsourced their development went bankrupt and don't get to play in the next round.