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0 pointscalvinmorrison3y ago0 comments

> but ability to communicate and "get people on your side" is at least 50% of a CEOs job;

It's gotta be 50% of every job. Heck, even on open source projects, you need to be lucid and explain what you are doing.

Look no further than for example, the ANTS project, which has done some very cool work in the plan9 space but hasn't always gotten a good reception due to the author being somewhere between Terry A. Davis and a normal programmer. And it's in the communication that's key.

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refurb3y ago

Very true, but instead of trying to sell your idea to a dozen team mates who understand the technical side, try and sell it to a 10,000 person company of sales, finance, marketing, plus board of directors and shareholders.

And many of these aren’t people who will shy away from telling you “no, if you do that I’ll just undermine your idea so my idea prevails”.

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