AmmanTT زي ما رحتي إجيتي

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Just by watching the live stream and following and interacting with those on twitter, this month's, and the first, Amman Tech Tuesday event was a huge success on all fronts. From attendance to interactivity and from the level of participants to the quality of success stories, the event proved to be the nucleus of a great future for Jordan's techies and the industry in general.

A major absentee from the whole campaign preceding the event and the event itself was Jordan's official representation and a government backing. Aside from the venue (I am assuming PSUT is a public university), the government was nowhere to be seen. Nevertheless, that MIA status was a crucial ingredient for those who truly understand and care about technology to be themselves and avoid formality, bureaucracy and ass-kissing!

Had the government had a major role in organizing and carrying out AmmanTT, we would have seen a tech-ignorant, attention-[deprived], status-loving government official parade the gov [failed] initiatives, tediously put attendees to sleep, and slyly sidestep pressing questions and constantly inserting الحكومة الرشيدة و القيادة الحكيمة everywhere linguistically possible!

Believe it or not, that would have definitely been the outcome of AmmanTT had the Government organized the event. The Gov's track record speaks volumes of their shortcomings and the constant case of إجت تكحلها، عمتها!

I am not sure who said it, may be a royalty, when asked of the reasons behind the success of Jordanians relative to the Arab World in the field of entrepreneurship and technology, the answer was that "we stayed out of the way."

That should always be the government's position and just have those with real technology and tech entrepreneurship experience handle the تنسيب of new laws and regulations and relay the community's concerns.

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AmmanTT: زي ما رُحتي إجيتي

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