The Integrative Stream

Attack of the Suits

My friend David from MIT’s Center for Media Studies made an interesting post last week on Why It’s More Than Just Courteous to Play Nice With “The Suits. David covers the games industry, so that’s where his focus is, but the point is actually much broader. I’ve seen the exact same prejudices in enterprise software shops – and that boggles the mind.

Actually, the situation is a little different. Enterprise developers aren’t quite as likely to have an independent vision, but they’re just as likely to assume they understand the customer better than the “sales droids.” Sometimes the results are pretty comical – and sometimes the developers are right.