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The quote "if you can't explain it simply you do not understand it" has been mis-attributed to Einstein or Feynman in various iterations; whomever said it, the point stands. Analogies help people understand the layers of things, especially for something as abstract at software. Software devs often struggle to explain the difference between containers, PVM, and HVM. It has nothing to do with a person's intelligence, MBA, or sales, otherwise.

Pizza is both tasty and fun - relating complex "serious" dry and boring work stuff to something else is a time-honored teaching technique.