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It isn't binary: value is created by all parties involved. It's just, in my opinion, that if we normalize the value created to be 1 for the product team, then e
by sidlls 9y ago
It isn't binary: value is created by all parties involved. It's just, in my opinion, that if we normalize the value created to be 1 for the product team, then engineering's value is less than 1, and sales and marketing is (more often) greater than or equal to 1, most of the time. Exceptions exist. But they're not normal, by definition.
- ddustin 9y agoAn engineer's value can be exponential and can even go well beyond their own lifespan. Sales and marketing impact is immediate and falls off over time while engineering's impact is slow and can speed up over time.
- rockostrich 9y agoRight, at a start-up the value of product, sales, and marketing is huge compared to that of engineering. Most engineers can create an MVP that will deliver the promises of the other 3. The problem is trying to scale that product once marketing and sales do their job. I think the value of each of these 4 changes depending on the company size and tend to normalize to 1 as the company scales to the size of Google, Amazon, FB, etc.
- sgift 9y ago> that if we normalize the value created to be 1 for the product team, then engineering's value is less than 1 Well yes, if we make completely baseless "normalizations" than that's true. Obviously, there is no reason to do that, but sure, if we do it that's the result.