Piers Cawley wrote:
>
> At the Newark meeting we started in on the structure of the company
> and came up with a model of
>
> Driver: One who is 100% committed to Iterative Software and driving it
> forward.
>
> Navigator: Assisting the drivers, actively involved in the company
> through substantial commitments of time and/or money, but not at the
> same 100% level as the drivers.
>
> Passenger: Less actively involved in the company than either the
> drivers or the navigators, but interested enough to be committing some
> time or money.
>
> We decided that shares would be allocated depending on the role taken:
> Drivers get 100 shares, Navigators get 50, and passengers get 10.
>
> We also decided that we would be taking on no more drivers except in
> exceptional circumstances (and there are a couple of people who
> couldn't make it to the meeting for good reasons that we want to talk
> to.)
>
> And I, as Managing Director, got deputed to inform the people on the
> mailing lists.
>
> If you have a commitment to make to the success of Iterative Software,
> let me know (quickly please) the level of your commitment and we'll
> get stuff sorted out.
>
> Yes, we *know* it sucks as a metaphor, but it will have to serve.
Maybe you want the medical metaphor (surgeon etc. etc.) from The
Mythical Man Month.
paul
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