The Ying-Yang of CEOs and Engineers
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It seemed in many ways to me that this article was written in a rather bitter mood. The core of the article is really summed up with this sentence:
Despite my awkwardness at the interview, I still was hired.
But after 4 months, it had become obvious that I wasn't
a cultural fit and my employment was terminated.I still enjoyed reading it though. I especially like the Pinky and the Brain analogy. It made me think that Steve Wozniak was Brain and Steve Jobs was Pinky.
It's easy to dismiss something that you don't understand.
This article may have been the least thoughtful one I read on HN this year.
As the "business guy" in a startup, your job is to be enthusiastic and positive so you can get investor money. Intelligence only gets in the way of that. The more you understad, the more you have to worry about.
To the people saying "I know lots of Type-A programmers who are great programmers", well I disagree. I've never worked with a programmer who was great and charismatic. A good musician becomes his instrument. A good artist becomes his paint and paintbrush. A great programmer becomes his computer.
"CEO: Dumb as hell / Compulsive Liar
Engineer: Compulsively Honest / Genius"
Have you heard of Bill Gates? Eric Schmidt? Is Mark Zuckerberg dumb as hell?
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