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Can we stop saying monkeys? This attitude does not help. A software business needs people with skills to make stuff as well as people with skills to sell that
by random42 16y ago
Can we stop saying monkeys? This attitude does not help.
A software business needs people with skills to make stuff as well as people with skills to sell that stuff. Neither is more important than other, nor can exist without the other.
- anon12212 16y agoIf neither is more important, why do the business monkeys get paid significantly more than the programming monkeys?
- siglesias 16y agoProbably related to the lifestyles they are content with.
- adw 16y agoYou can't outsource and offshore sales.
- jarek 16y agoNegotiation skills.
- hyperbovine 16y ago"Important" is subjective. Compensation equals the intersection of supply and demand. There are fewer business monkeys than code monkeys, and demand is higher, so they make more. Teachers are more "important" than shortstops, but who are better compensated? Nerds never seem to get this. If the MBAs are so worthless and overpaid, pick up the reigns and do it yourself... what's that? You say dealing with people is difficult? .......
- natnat 16y agoI really doubt that there are fewer business monkeys than code monkeys. In 2008, 335,000 students graduated college with a degree in business, while only 40,000 graduated with a degree in computer science or a related field. An additional 70,000 studied other types of engineering, meaning there are about three business majors for every engineer. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/figures/fig_15.asp http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d09/figures/fig_15.asp