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Very valid counterpoint. It could by HN's latent bias against marketing types (in the dismissive sense) as the GP is the top comment (as of now). There's a difference between clickbait and trying to convey the gist of an article with limited chars (and thereby triggering the reader's bias).

The article makes it clear from the outset that:

1. She was in a very junior position and was cold calling clients before EoL-ing an embedded DB product

2. She delivered the insight to key executives in a way that prompted a product positioning pivot that turned out very lucrative (even if the $1B is disputed the circumstantial information seems to support it - parent company's valuation/revenue and the fact that the product still exists within a larger company).

3. Her track record speaks for itself (so it's not an anomaly) but this experience is also her origin story.