Re:Product-focused and sales-focused companies
by anaerobicover on Sunday April 18, 2021 @01:27PM
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Sure, there's absolutely no reason for customers to know or case, but that's beside the point. It's going to be the developer's job to modify or fix things in the future. You're happy with the footbridge they built, but when sales comes back and says "okay new customer, now we need to be able to drive fully loaded Humvees across" you aren't the one tearing out the wooden posts and pouring concrete.
I know there are exceptions, but, usually I’d rather a company be customer focused and deliver a product I want, rather than worry too much about the methodology they use to deliver it.