You Will Know Tech Evangelists by the Trail of Dead
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. — Matthew 10:34.
Sacha Chua asks: What does a portfolio for a tech evangelist look like?
I’d say a tech evangelist is in the business of promoting potentially disruptive technologies — indeed, the business of spreading disruption. Thus, a tech evangelist’s portfolio should record the disruption he spreads. Some would call it destruction; so be it. When you show people a better way, those who insist on the old way inevitably get fucked.
A tech evangelist clears a path to the future, cutting down all neo-luddites who dare stand in his way. Like a certain indie rock band, you will know them by the trail of dead.
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