> the CTO jokingly gave him a plaque emblazoned with the words “Scientifically Accurate But Practically Useless.” ...Until it isn't and it gets your stuff done

> the CTO jokingly gave him a plaque emblazoned with the words “Scientifically Accurate But Practically Useless.” ...Until it isn't and it gets your stuff done. The best CTOs I have ever met were far more superficial in how they treated their issues than the best engineers were about theirs (perhaps a sign of being focused more/only on the bigger picture?).