Why are Techies so delusional?
There has been a huge influx of posts dissing roles like Product, Marketing, HR etc. by Techies.
Every other post, or comment is made by them undermining the value of other depts and these cuties think business runs just by their sub-par code.
I understand that their delusion stems from the fact they get paid huge salaries by loss making companies. Which is bound to crash sooner or later.
Rant over.
As a senior software engineer I agree with this post 100% Software devs are some of the most business ignorant people I have worked with and I have worked exclusively only in Product based companies (One unicorn) The pig headedness of these people and the self importance they give to their 'ideas' without understanding it contributes to business or not is mind-boggling.
Engineers need to come to realisation that we are here to support business run smoothly. WE don't run the business. Sadly I don't see it happening for a long time
- I have not seen any post belittling business here. PMs are shyt that's why they get shit. You are either seeing ghosts or just another sore PM who got his holes drilled badly
- Business is bread and butter of Analytics and Data Science teams. We drive business and in several orgs we are part of engineering. Your assumption is pretty dumb.
^ You are the prime example of what I was talking about. Thanks for providing an example
Interesting POV.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb mentions an interesting advice. If you don’t know what to do, follow what the smartest people in your generation are doing.
These are almost exclusively fulfilling and financially attractive opportunities
According to him, in the 1990s Lebanon, the smartest kids in undergrad went and became Economists. In the 2010s, the smartest kids became Software Engineers.
Perhaps, their ego does not stem from the money but from competence.
However, true charisma is merging that competence with warmth. And for that, you must eliminate the ego.
The point here is that the engineers feel only they are competent and rest are deadweight fools. It’s shocking TBH because this reeks of delusion and lack of real world knowledge.
@WildForte85 Could be a generalisation by you but indeed what you say is statistically significant.
This is reprehensible and people should have the self awareness to modulate their behaviours.
As far as I have seen the concerns raised on the product managers are quite genuine. You are just not liking it that makes it your problem
Mediocre people attack mediocre people.
Mediocre people also feel attacked from mediocre people.
People who are good at what they do (regardless of what role they are in) don’t care what people say about their role/job. They just build in silence and are ultimately are the ones who end up making a difference, while mediocre people keep squabbling.
That's cause they're paid so much, knock a 0 (or two) from their pay cheques, they'll automatically become humble 😂
