This is a popular perspective among some technical folks but it's a bit insular. You could tar employees with some tag, there must be space to separate good and

This is a popular perspective among some technical folks but it's a bit insular. You could tar employees with some tag, there must be space to separate good and bad executives. A lot of technical folks seem to have very little understanding or even interest in what for instance marketing and sales do. There are generalizations and often anecdotal knowledge that passes for understanding. Developing software is just one small part of the process of creating value. Software does does sell itself. Creating demand and getting customers is incredibly difficult, expensive and unpredictable. If your target is advertisers based on users then acquiring users and advertisers is equally challenging. As a thought experiment, get the best technical team and develop a product. Now after it is done, then what, how to do make money, how do you sell it or get users?