Non Tech Founders – Why Do You Not Listen to Tech Advice from Tech People?
1) A client wants to build his frontend on Sqaurespace while hosting his backend on the cloud (AWS). I told him we should just put it all on the cloud but he insisted on Squarespace so he can edit the frontend whenever he wants even though it will render data from the backend. He insisted so that is the route we're going. If you know tech, you know how incredibly stupid this is.
2) A different client considers a 20-minute run through of an app I developed to be adequate QA. I constantly tell him we need to put it in the hands of other people for many many hours to test. He disagrees. More accurately, he politely agrees then ignores everything I said.
3) Related to #2, said client keeps adding new features literally hours before deployment deadlines. I keep advising against to no avail. Again, polite agreement, zero compliance.
Non tech founders, seriously, wtf? What is this universal impulse to disregard tech advice from knowledgeable people who you pay to help you? I don't understand the mentality. If my doctor told me to stop eating dairy, I don't challenge his assertion - I simply stop eating dairy. Can someone explain?