Technical or not isn't really the point - he'd never worked with or lead engineering teams and didn't know how to hire or fire them. That's all kind of beside

Technical or not isn't really the point - he'd never worked with or lead engineering teams and didn't know how to hire or fire them. That's all kind of beside the point however. Jay Adelson was there pretty early on he should have been technically savvy enough to avoid these pitfalls.