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Even the nicest people can be brutally honest it doesn't mean he was mean to the people. You yourself are assuming he is not based on 1 brutally honest opinion.

• onion2k 11y ago
  The generalisation isn't the problem. It's entirely possible that 90% of the people he dealt with were complete beginners. The problem is referring to those people as "tech-handicap". That isn't 'brutally honest'; it's being mean. A good product evangelist is someone who can talk about the people they've met in the same way regardless of whether or not those people are still in the room. That is the skill that makes you good at evangelising something - if people like you they'll listen to you. If people see you being nasty they won't, because they'll wonder if you're going to be nasty about them once they leave.
  • mobinni 11y ago
    You make a valid point that the term he used is harsh and mean. But don't assume he is a bad person, you can't say he isn't evangelist material based on 1 wrong term he used. If we're gonna hold words against people, well obama isn't president material, because you remember that one time he said the N-word. No president should use racial slurs. You see what I'm getting at.
    • onion2k 11y ago
      He used it in a post on a major tech forum, specifically asking for advice about becoming an evangelist. It's not like Obama merely saying the N-word, it's like Obama saying the N-word in a speech about the proliferation of hate speech against the black community in America.
      • mobinni 11y ago
        Well if we can't make mistakes...