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Comment by Kwpolska

4 months ago

> Personally, I’ve always found it surprising that these massive companies, worth billions, rely on third-party tools like Zendesk instead of building their own in-house ticketing systems.

Do you find it surprising that they use Microsoft Office too? Paying someone else to handle things like this is cheaper than paying developers and hosting a service like this.

I’d give the author a break-he’s just 15, after all. I was far less savvy at his age.

  • Agreed, I smiled a this line. Good reminder that you don’t have to be super experienced to have big insights and impact.

    And also that being brilliant doesn’t magically correlate with being knowledgeable.

    https://xkcd.com/1053