> Just like engineers thought all sales did was bother people, and all marketing did was send emails

i mean, sure, the marketing one may be a bit simplified as the emails also need to have pretty pictures in them. and yeah, sure, sales people do need to find the people they’ll eventually start bothering later.

/s

> But all our CTOs seems to have collectively thrown us to the wolves.

the kind of person who usually finds their way into the executive class doesn’t get there by looking after those under them. they get there by avoiding blame and taking credit.

which, funnily enough, is exactly what a hype cycle is all about.