

Okay, that makes sense. I understood the article, but I was missing context on how that adage is used. If it’s meant to say “don’t let the user design the solution for you” instead of “user feedback is useless unless they suggest solutions”, then that’s great!


Companies can define what their fiscal year is to be whatever basically (unless the country they’re based in is super particular about accounting practices), just as long as it’s four quarters. I’ve worked in places where the calendar year lines up with their fiscal, a March fiscal year, and an October fiscal year.