Having spoke with the press, I give him a lot of latitude on that one.
There are lots of explanations that come to my mind before I'd assume he's clueless.
There are lots of explanations that come to my mind before I'd assume he's clueless.
It probably sounded like:
Interviewer: So what, uh, do you see as the big, you know, trends in the coming year? In the industry?
Interviewee: Well, I think, you know, there's something of a t-trend towards specialization.
Interviewer: You mean in programming lang--
Interviewee: Exactly. Languages, specialized techniques, you know, Rails, AJAX, all that jazz.
The first time I talked to a reporter, the reporter swapped my descriptions of opportunities and threats, so I looked like I had absolutely no understanding of the market at all. After that, I started taking "quotes" with a much larger grain of salt.