Geek Gap Quotes

“Magical thinking underlies the I-don't-want-to-know-how-it-works-I-just-want-it-to-work view of technology. That may be a viable attitude for business people who don't want to take the time to understand their desktop computers, but it makes for a lethal combination when geeks and suits try to build businesses together.”
― Bill Pfleging, Geek Gap: Why Business And Technology Professionals Don't Understand Each Other And Why They Need Each Other to Survive

“Many techies see themselves today as overworked, underappreciated lackeys of corporations that couldn't care less about either them or technology. Ballooning workloads will only deepen this attitude.”
― Bill Pfleging, The Geek Gap: Why Business And Technology Professionals Don't Understand Each Other And Why They Need Each Other to Survive

“Business people complained to us that the technologists they worked with cared more about getting the "latest and greatest" software or device than about actually doing their jobs. Geeks responded that the business people had no respect for the technology and what it could do. Suits griped that technologists spoke gobbledygook and could not make themselves clear to mere mortals. Techies shot back that the business people couldn't be bothered to learn even the most basic elements of the systems their companies depended on, and that explaining these concepts to someone determined not to learn them was impossible.”
― Bill Pfleging, The Geek Gap: Why Business And Technology Professionals Don't Understand Each Other And Why They Need Each Other to Survive

“The trust that geeks and suits can develop for one another can get you through very tough times.”
― Bill Pfleging, The Geek Gap: Why Business And Technology Professionals Don't Understand Each Other And Why They Need Each Other to Survive