> Tad said:
> You have to speak to businesspeople in language they can relate to.
>
> They don't care that Perl is beautiful/elegant/terse. They don't
> have to look at it. Easy implementation is not "their problem".
> They count beans, show them the beans:
>
> "We had 1 Perl programmer do that because we did not have
> 3 Java programmers available to do it."
>
> Most businesspeople would understand that accomplishing the same
> tasks with a smaller payroll is a Good Thing.
Hi Tad -
I understand where you are coming from and I too find comic value in
Dilbert. However, though I hope I won't get crucified on this list for
coming out of the closet, I want to officially let you all know that I am
actually a pointy haired boss. :) I am the President of my company.
What I wanted to say was that business people do not just count beans.
I believe you know that. I believe you know that their are lame people in
every type of job. There are lame engineers and their are lame
businesspeople.
But there are also lots of really tech-aware businesspeople, well I hope I
am, and that managing cash flow and chosing between technologies in an
imperfect world is not simply counting beans...but a task as difficult as
any programming task and just as important to the whole.
Anyway, I would like people to try and remember that the businesspeople are
not our enemies unless we make them so. Like most rifts, we need more
understanding and cooperation than opposition and name calling.
