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As an engineer, if you don't qualify whether your answer is average or max, you've messed up.

I'm confident the marketing folks would just say something akin to "shut up nerd", cash their bonuses, and leave you with the problem.

As an engineer, NEVER give out averages without checking that they are consistent with the distribution of the actual data.

Averages tend to skew once exposed to adverse selection.

Don't think you find much engineers in the marketing department though.