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Great comment. What you are talking about though is useful levels of abstraction. When you are talking to 'the business' I find it helpful to remember you are
by cam_l 8y ago
Great comment. What you are talking about though is useful levels of abstraction.
When you are talking to 'the business' I find it helpful to remember you are their 'tool'. How you do what you do, or what you use to do it may be an unhelpful abstraction.
To use your painting analogy, it is like talking to the painter about the soil in which trees grow, which produce the wood used for the brushes. While the binding of the brushes, the making of the substrate or the production of paint may be useful, correct mulching may well be a step too far.
- pnathan 8y ago> When you are talking to 'the business' I find it helpful to remember you are their 'tool'. How you do what you do, or what you use to do it may be an unhelpful abstraction. Oh, I am aware. I don't resent it - I've grown past that (I was, once - I was more dogmatic nerd then). It's rather that there's often a mismatch between the technical ground reality and the business reality - focusing on bridging that gap would be helpful for all involved. Part of that is my role, part of that is the role of the business. :)