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Speculation: You were being downvoted because software types often express ideas that can be summed up as business is easy and the people doing the business asp
by KGIII 9y ago
Speculation: You were being downvoted because software types often express ideas that can be summed up as business is easy and the people doing the business aspects aren't important. They seem to think that everyone and anyone can do it and, when they hear success stories as examples, it reinforces those ideas.
A good example is some of the comments that software folks make about the sales department.
They are different skillsets and people have varied abilities in each. The business aspect is not actually easy. It is also not always done well. The software end isn't always done well, either.
My guess would be that is why you were being downvoted. I notice a number of votes are emotional in nature. They aren't based on logic. I see some that are most easily explained as, "I don't want to know." The comment is factual, not confrontational, and topical. The vote is still negative.
Meh... I don't mind it when it happens to me. I have karma to spare and don't actually make comments for the points. I say what I feel needs to be said and try to stick mostly within the guidelines. (I do meander off topic sometimes.)
But, no... I don't comment for the points. I comment for the replies and thoughts. They are usually quite brilliant and insightful.
- sanderjd 9y agoI did not downvote the parent comment, but I did downvote you, because I think your comment stereotypes "software types" in an unfair way. It is possible to both have a lot of respect for the difficulty of building the business side of an organization and for the folks who can do it well, and to think that it is unwise to build a business based mostly on sales and marketing without focusing enough on the quality of the product itself.
- KGIII 9y agoYou missed the part where I said 'often.' That is okay by me. Karma is only good if you spend it.
- sanderjd 9y agoSure, but your speculation suggests that the "often" is enough to explain the parent's downvotes. I think there's a better explanation that doesn't impugn certain "types" of people. I'm just speculating too of course.
- KGIII 9y agoJust out of curiosity, what do you think is a better (and more probable) answer?
- sanderjd 9y agoSorry I just saw this - it's what I said in my original comment that you replied to, I think a better and more probable explanation is that people "have a lot of respect for the difficulty of building the business side of an organization and for the folks who can do it well, [but that they] think that it is unwise to build a business based mostly on sales and marketing without focusing enough on the quality of the product itself".