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WHEN "SNAKE CHARMERS" ALSO DEVELOPED GREAT SOFTWARE
DataQuest
|February 2023
When I was asked by the current editor of data-quest to write about the early days of dQ and its influence, the first thought was: Why? What, if any, is the relevance of something that happened 40 years ago?
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In my present avatar I am a leadership and executive coach with clients like BCG, Deloitte, Accenture, Mastercard, HSBC and others. I work with tech savvy 40 something leaders. They are aware and informed growth-oriented people. They are always looking to the future. One of challenges that I have is sharing with them what I did in my previous avatar. They cannot comprehend the challenges of Information Technology 40 years back. Some of them were not even born then. And in the intervening years so much has changed. Sometimes I get through. Sometimes I give up with a rueful smile.
So, what could be the purpose of an article like this? How would it be relatable?
One reason to look at history is to try and figure out what made such amazing innovations and change possible at the society level. Because the same forces, the same motivations, the same convictions are playing a role today also and will do so for the next 40 years.
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