[icedchai]

This still won't make a great company. I've seen companies work on great tech, but had no marketing or sales in place, so very few resulting customers. You build it and nobody shows up.

Or companies that had no support/customer service, so engineers are constantly getting interrupted. We get cranky real quick when this happens too many times.

Or companies with poor product management, so engineers waste time building the wrong thing. This goes on despite our objections, only to have it thrown all away in a month or two.

Great engineers are necessary, but not sufficient, for a great tech company.