The Engineer to Executive Translation Layerrefactoring.fm 13 pointslucidplot7 months ago10 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−jgbuddy7moJust don't work for non-technical people, problem solved. They're usually less successful anyways−thesumofall7moI‘m a technical exec and most of the advice rings true. Somewhere the translation from technical goals to business goals has to happen. Good leads will help with that and good engineers will come prepared−pan697moSomewhere the translation from technical goals to business goals has to happen.Should it not be the other way around?−fragmede7moNot if you're dogfooding. Technical goal: Add Redis. Business case: Quick search is slow. make it fast.−ale7moIf you’re a CTO who needs and engineering translator then maybe you’re the wrong person for the role.−aturek7moFrom TFA:Many CTOs, like me, have a strong engineering background, and so I will understand some of the requests you make without needing further explanation.−jet987moAmen−lucidplotOP7moNon-paywalled version: https://www.annashipman.co.uk/jfdi/engineer-exec-translation...−KK7NIL7moI was expecting this to be a transformer model fine-tuned to translate engineering to exec speak.−lucidplotOP7mohow hard could that really be to implement
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Just don't work for non-technical people, problem solved. They're usually less successful anyways
I‘m a technical exec and most of the advice rings true. Somewhere the translation from technical goals to business goals has to happen. Good leads will help with that and good engineers will come prepared
Should it not be the other way around?
Not if you're dogfooding. Technical goal: Add Redis. Business case: Quick search is slow. make it fast.
If you’re a CTO who needs and engineering translator then maybe you’re the wrong person for the role.
From TFA:
Amen
Non-paywalled version: https://www.annashipman.co.uk/jfdi/engineer-exec-translation...
I was expecting this to be a transformer model fine-tuned to translate engineering to exec speak.
how hard could that really be to implement