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Don't Be a Tech Snob: Why the Best Code Always Loses to Marketing | Episode 55


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Mamuna and Lola tackle the core misconception in engineering culture: the belief that the superior technologyalways wins the market. They break down why product packaging, user experience, and distribution often beat out technical perfection.

 

💡 We Cover:

  • The fatal flaw: Being technicallysuperior does not mean being commercially successful.
  • Why engineers default to asking for the "APILink" or "SDK" when analyzing competitors.
  • Case Studies: How Apple (iPod, iPhone)and OpenAI (ChatGPT) won by centering the human and democratizing access, notby inventing the underlying tech.
  • Product vs. Ego: You must solve acustomer pain or deliver a clear gain to motivate people to pay.

 🎙️ Hosts:Mamuna Oladipo & Lola Oyelayo-Pearson📩 Email us your letters: [email protected]💬 Follow us on X/Twitter: @LostInTechPod❤️ Like, share, and subscribe for more honest conversations about life and leadership in tech.Show Notes: • Subscribe to Lost in Tech: Letters - https://open.substack.com/pub/lostintechletters/p/coming-soon?

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