forthelove

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by forthelove 9y ago
There's probably another reason hidden in the first sentence, which is that there's a transition from building the product (engineering) to shipping the product (marketing, customer development, sales) that requires different skil
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by forthelove 9y ago
Here's my vote for skateboarding. You'll never look at boring old stairs, ledges, and curbs the same.
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by forthelove 9y ago
I'm too dumb to understand any of this stuff re AI, but one thing occurred to me recently on the philosophical side of tech: When your life is closely intertwined w/ tech, you begin to almost solely view the world through the lens
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by forthelove 9y ago
False. I was directly reacting to what the OP said (below), which said nothing of a relationship w/ customers. Personally, I'm a proponent of having devs closely involved in every step of the product, including messaging and marke
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by forthelove 9y ago
The tone you use here helps make my point: just because "nerds" are experts in everything tech does NOT equate to good decision making / good management for the company as a whole. Sometimes it does. Often times it does not.
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by forthelove 9y ago
That's the problem tho, isn't it? The core value of the service was great for fans, but not for any sort of business and certainly not for the labels (without whom SC cannot exist and hope to make any money whatsoever).
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by forthelove 9y ago
For one, breathe. Before, during, after. Breathe. Settle yourself (I meditate daily as well). Personally, I think I get caught up when I try to read word for word scripts, so I always give myself a general blueprint of what I want to say bu
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by forthelove 9y ago
I should note that I've had to give many, many, many presentations in many different business environments (in front of my companies, pitching investors, new biz pitches, etc.) and I learned a long time ago that confidence is crucial.
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by forthelove 9y ago
Stutterer here. Was in speech therapy for a long time as a child; my sister actually became a speech therapist b/c of that experience. It will always be a challenge (I'm 37 now), and it seems to rear its ugly head at random times