&gt; Why do you care about the success of the technical products you&#x27;re working on?<p>If you&#x27;re asking that question, then really everything else in the pile of mediocrity you just wrote makes sense. If you don&#x27;t care, then dysfunction is not a problem.<p>&gt; Aren&#x27;t you aware that it&#x27;s going to mainly hinge on the quality of the marketing?<p>Sure, if you&#x27;re producing a Web 2.0 Social Media glorified ad server, sure, your shitty product can only be saved by advertising. I prefer to work on actual problems such that solving them will provide value, though.