I think we programmers need marketeers and salesmen. As much as I hate them, we need them to sell our wares.

I have created a project that used a tool that nobody else ever used. But it only had a use in a specific area, and that was decoding a one of a kind telemetry for a one of a kind device. If you want to create a killer tool, you broaden the area of usefulness, like Wireshark. Then many will want to use your tool.

tell your boss, "Keep it simple, stupid." If he fires you, he did you a favor. :rolleyes: