This is fundamentally a sales problem, more than a constant.
New large customer X wants feature Y. Your product does not currently Y. What do you do? It's hard to say "No." Especially when you have growth to maintain, revenue targets to hit, VC to please, etc.
To me, "opinionated" means "have a vision of what the product is and isn't" (that is strong enough to counter-balance sales pressure).
New large customer X wants feature Y. Your product does not currently Y. What do you do? It's hard to say "No." Especially when you have growth to maintain, revenue targets to hit, VC to please, etc.
To me, "opinionated" means "have a vision of what the product is and isn't" (that is strong enough to counter-balance sales pressure).