[mksreddy]

While I agree with most points on the article, Its ridiculous to single out a person (in this case founder of Stickers company?) who only gave a decent positive advise to someone else.

Correctly so someone in comments of original blog pointed out the stickers guy is not a nOOb and a successful entrepreneur.

[chc]

Decent advice? Is there any evidence that the guy has any experience running a technical company? Because to me, his advice sounds vague in a dangerous way. "Nah, you don't actually need to know anything about what your business does — just know what's right and what's wrong for it and get people to do that for you." If that were technically possible it would be wonderful — you could just bumble around cluelessly and profit from it. My experience with people who take that approach, though, leads me to doubt it.

More likely he's a sales guy and he made a product-sales business with minimal software needs. Good for him, but you can't generalize that to "Founders should barely know anything about technology."

[skeptical]

Chip Morehead?

Seriously though. I kind of gave up to discuss this. To be honest I kind of like things the way they are, I want those who believe in the "coders think business is only codding" to continue doing so. Why would we want to enlight them?

[dorian-graph]

Is it so ridiculous to single someone out? If perhaps people didn't so quickly and easily open their mouths the world would be much better off.

Suppose we restrict the outcomes of him being called out to two possible scenarios:

1. He becomes offended, writes a retort, etc. Both he and the writer are filled with indignation. 2. Laughs it off as he knows much of what he said is correct though sees from the writers point-of-view what he was getting at. Both are improved as long as the writer himself does not take the feelings attached to scenario 1, that being of maliciousness/anger or rather someone giving in to being controlled by dumb emotions.

Personally I have quite little faith/trust in people who become wild upon hearing the slightest possible insult or whatever. It's like people who give in to 'road rage' yet the next day themselves has a small lapse of judgement. I think what I'm trying to say is, who cares or in an even more vulgar term, 'haters gonna hate.' :P I would prefer it if we all were held more accountable to what we said and those who think and act intelligently have near-nothing to worry about yet those who act based on silly ideas and superstitions will forever be in fear of being called out.

And, I associate tact and similar concepts with when talking so I can agree that it's not always appropriate for public comments.