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Taken in isolation, the statement isn't catastrophically bad. But it does tell me some things about the speaker's character including: - Has limited understan
by DevX101 6y ago
Taken in isolation, the statement isn't catastrophically bad. But it does tell me some things about the speaker's character including:
- Has limited understanding of technology
- Is prone to overstatement, if not outright lying
- Is willing to use technobabble to describe his product
Those conclusions, if coming from a normal layman, might just make me roll my eyes, but coming from the CEO of supposedly technology centric company that hasn't yet released a product, it raises massive alarm bells and has me running to sell shares or short the company.
- jariel 6y agoSo yes, it does add suspicion in context - but of all the 'suspicious things' - it's the least suspicious. Most car execs would struggle with this were they to have to read an unprepared statement.
- chii 6y agosomebody with integrity would just admit they dont know the tech, but point out that he has trusted techies who _do_ know.
- solarkraft 6y agoDo sales people usually have integrity?
- bob33212 6y agoNot understanding what is going on under the hood of software systems is a huge risk for a manager. A Demo could look and feel awesome. But the whole thing could be dependent on a npm package maintainer not disabling his account. And you don't understand that until your entire fleet gets bricked overnight.