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The main reason they hire MBA types instead of engineers is because the main purpose of the company is to make money. A lot of MBA's don't take a long view on t
by darksaga 15y ago
The main reason they hire MBA types instead of engineers is because the main purpose of the company is to make money. A lot of MBA's don't take a long view on technology for various reasons. Thus, when every product you make isn't shipping a million pieces a month, these guys get worried and make stupid moves. In HP's case, they made a succession of stupid moves.
Apple does have genius technology, but you can't underestimate the influence of Steve Job's eye for design in the success of Apple products.
- guelo 15y agoI meant to include Steve Jobs when I referred to engineers/technologists/innovators
- alrs 15y agoSteve Jobs is not an engineer. "Technologist" is sufficiently squishy that I can't make an argument against it, but I can cite Stross in "Steve Jobs and the Next Big Thing." Stross has a good anecdote about how Jobs didn't know how to use an email client when he was running NeXT, and that he would have his secretary print everything out for him. http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Next-Big-Thing/dp/0689121350/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313792005&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Steve-Jobs-Next-Big-Thing/dp/068912135...