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There are generally problems between tech and business people and two or three person startups as well. The biggest cause of this in my experience is a business
by hooande 18y ago
There are generally problems between tech and business people and two or three person startups as well. The biggest cause of this in my experience is a business person expecting a technical founder to be a wizard who can defy the laws of physics to make a crazy idea happen.
Business Guys...please try to do a little research. You don't need to know how to implement a solution to a problem, but 15 minutes on Google will usually tell you what's possible and what isn't. There is nothing I hate more than the implied "Well if you're not good enough to figure this out just say so".
There is nothing I love more than coming up with a truly innovative solution to a problem, but it just isn't possible every day. There is a difference between lack of ability and an improbable solution.
- thwarted 18y agoHearing "maybe you're just not good enough to figure this out" is a sign you're working with a passive aggressive personality. In my experience, it's also said by the person who's been touting the technical person's skills to other people as "the person who's going to solve all our problems". They're setting you up for failure, because not only are their tasks often impossible to deliver on, they use it to threaten to bring someone else in.
- swombat 18y agoThere is nothing I hate more than the implied "Well if you're not good enough to figure this out just say so". Then you'll love this cartoon, in case you missed it. http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080812 http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080812