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Marketing (AKA hacking people) is the only thing that matters. You can literally sell useless, low-quality stuff as premium if you master marketing well.
by bitL 9y ago
Marketing (AKA hacking people) is the only thing that matters. You can literally sell useless, low-quality stuff as premium if you master marketing well.
- vixen99 9y agoYes but do you feel good about that?
- nexus2045 9y agoWe are talking about making money, not feeling good about your moral compass, although that can always come later.
- sharemywin 9y agoBut, most of the time you make more with a win-win long term relationship.
- LyndsySimon 9y agoThe skills to sell something useless and something useful are the same.
- ryandvm 9y agoI don't think he was advocating fraud as much as simply pointing out that without decent marketing, nothing else matters.
- tastyham 9y agoIf there is one thing I've learned, it's this. It goes past money too, the same applies for open source software libraries, language choice, and even "design patterns" that developers use. Also applies to people. Your hireability and salary are both mostly related to how well you market yourself. Marketing is everything.