It’s no wonder many entrepreneurs are totally intimidated–or plain ol’ confused–by technology.
I attended the AlwaysOn OnMedia NYC conference last week in NYC at the luxurious Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The event was top-notch all the way–until I sat next to Snarky Guy.
You know him:
- He always has a smart answer for everything, yet never really answers a question.
- He throws around jargon and talks about CPC and SEM as if he ate alphabet soup for breakfast.
- He just has to show off that he reads about 10 online publications each day because he’s like a walking Yahoo! newsfeed–which says he isn’t making much money.
- He says oddball things just to get attention. And his comments become even more weird, bordering on non-sequiturs, as the day goes on.
You leave an interaction with him feeling at best like a stupid, ill-informed idiot or at worst like you’ve just been through a technology blender.
Sigh.
I have to say that Snarky Guy is not a full representation of us tech experts. Most of us really are approachable people who want to explain things in a jargon-free way. Honestly.
Computers do weird things to certain people. You know how some people let a smattering of perceived power go straight to the old noggin’? Yep, that’s Snarky Guy.
So, I humbly ask that when you encounter Snarky Guy, just exchange cards quickly and avoid him for the rest of the day. And please remember, one bad apple don’t spoil the whole bunch. Don’t hold it against all of us.
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