Evolution of a developer and the value of a salesman
Ivko Maksimovic has been a developer for over 15 years, coding more than 2.5 million lines of code ranging from BASIC to PHP languages. What has he learned from the experience? In his own words: “Smart people create products, smarter people sell them.”
While all kinds of craftsmen are important to the successfulness of a product, is there really anyone more important than the rainmaker?
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As much as I tend to think of salesmen as used car hawkers, I note that Tom Peters makes the same observation as you.