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> Imagine thinking you understand the product strategy for a 14 year old, publicly traded company with thousands of employees without working there or having an
by johnfn 4y ago
> Imagine thinking you understand the product strategy for a 14 year old, publicly traded company with thousands of employees without working there or having any sort of insider knowledge.
I worked at a similarly sized company to Dropbox, and when I questioned product decisions I would often receive similarly smug put downs. How could you possibly think you know more than the CEO?
And then I watched over the next few years as the product strategy floundered, reorging many times without shipping anything concrete.
I suppose what I’m saying is that while your comment shuts down conversation quite effectively, it can still be wrong. Sometimes - quite frequently, in fact! - there is no man behind the curtain. Sometimes, when product decisions seem questionable, they really are questionable.
(Sorry if I have an annoyed tone; I think I'm subconsciously venting against all the times I've heard this from others in the past.)
- rco8786 4y agoThe difference is that you worked there. You knew the company. You knew the industry. You knew what the actual current strategy was! This is just some rando internet person making reductive statements about a company whose current offerings they are unaware of and future product roadmap they have never seen.