[gliese1337]

You have to consider their goals, which define their needs. If they are in very senior positions and have very high salaries already, and don't understand the technology, then it's fairly obvious that they do not need to understand the technology. They got everything they wanted without that ever being a requirement.

Of course, it's better for everybody else if they do. We need them to understand the technology. They don't.

[benkross]

Until they are going to be bankers for a tech entrepreneur's M+A deal or IPO. Then we'll see how much they need to know tech ;) The meek shall inherit the earth in some ways was foretelling the rise of the technologists - disclaimer, I am not religious and mean it in it's literal sense.