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> I want people who are professionally interested in learning business domains You can want in one hand, as the saying goes. If you select for people that care
by TexanFeller 4y ago
> I want people who are professionally interested in learning business domains
You can want in one hand, as the saying goes. If you select for people that care about business domains you're more likely selecting people good at feigning interest in your business(aka liars, or otherwise honest people who need to eat). Even if you get what you want you won't do well in the long run. I rarely see people who aren't passionate about technology avoid making a mess of it.
- ebiester 4y agoI have genuine interest in both. I build things because it's awesome to make someone's day better. It's a demotivator for me to put out software that doesn't work well. Technology is a means to that goal. Because I'm wired that way, it's a lot easier to find people who are also wired that way. But I can say that there are absolutely places for people who are wired to be passionate for technology for its own sake. (Some of Fintech and adtech is a good place, for example.) And if you feel you need to lie to work in a place with a product driven culture, then great. But don't be disappointed when the job is listening to calls with users and your conversations are around "which of these approaches will make the user's life better?" and there are technology radars that are justified by users' needs.