You need to be technical enough to say no to a partnership, acquisition, or technical strategy that is bullshit. Most of the time, the Spidey sense to make tha

You need to be technical enough to say no to a partnership, acquisition, or technical strategy that is bullshit. Most of the time, the Spidey sense to make that kind of a due dill judgement only comes through having been a technical employee. (Though having been a technical employee by no means guarantees that, either)