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The arrogance in the software space (I'm making an assumption here based on your block chain comment) is often mind blowing. Somehow people who created some sof
by cycomanic 7y ago
The arrogance in the software space (I'm making an assumption here based on your block chain comment) is often mind blowing. Somehow people who created some software (or even more common an IT startup) think they got everything figured out.
I've just seen it recently with a diary company where a friend was working. Company was build from the ground up by an elderly couple, they sold to an investment conglomerate when they wanted to retire. These guys brought in a new CEO, CFO and upper management team all from the tech startup world. So these guys come say, we must change this, that make everything more agile, streamline... When the production manager kwho had been there for >15years) and my friend former logistics and deputy GM said this doesn't work like this, we need to take things more slowly, do one change at the time, they both were let go, who likes a naysayer.
Well 1 year later the company has lost half its value, the investors fired the management team and brought in some people with dairy experience, it's still 50/50 if the company will survive.
The point of this is, the people doing this stuff aren't stupid, there are often good reasons why things are done in a certain way, so stop and listen before being a smug knowitall.