I agree with you Matt and I think that great people have a huge
influence on the culture of the company which affects the performance
and direction.
I believe people who come into a business inherit the qualities, work
ethic and commitment of those around them because they want to feel
apart of
Humphrey - You Matt have taken the words out of my mouth :) I agree
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On 25/06/2011, at 12:06 AM, Humphrey humphre...@gmail.com wrote:
I agree with you Matt and I think
It's worth noting that most companies are in no great danger of being
forced to choose whether or not they need to hire 'great' developers,
and could likely save themselves a lot of agonizing of whether they
should hire Ken Thompson and Butler Lampson or 1,000 chimpanzees. Of
course, phrases like
In my view the focus on the article is off - They have missed the flow-
on value of having a rock-star(s) in your team as a catalyst for
raising everyone's level.
I concur with and would reinforce Phil's observation [Team
capability]...is more closely related to the potential of its most
talented
The message I take from the article is not if its better to hire one
person who is exceptional vs ten people who are good. I think we all
aspire to hire the best anyway and most of us usually will unless the
company demands otherwise.
But what cuts through is whether we are losing the focus on
The Barcelona analogy in the article, has forced me to buy into this one:
Barcelona have the best player in the world - Lionel Messi - and after they
won the European Cup, the coach was quoted as saying that the way they would
continue to stay at the top was simply to assemble a team around
Good established companies can grow awesome people as well as just hire them
Nice.
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On 22/06/2011, at 5:43 PM, Matt Moore innotect...@gmail.com wrote:
Good established companies can grow awesome people as well as just hire them
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Yep, that's a good point. I've often found that senior/star in one
company, doing one thing, at one time does not mean senior/star every
where/time. Senior people often have to unlearn before they can work
in a new system, where as younger people are a bit more raw.
Star players or star team, key
Five great programmers can completely outperform 1,000 mediocre programmers
Many people who are thought of as superstar programmers are actually
really product visionaries whose role overlaps a traditional product
manager. Some people like this are Lars Rasmussen, John Carmack, Linus
Torvalds
If we are going to use Barcelona as an analogy then are we saying that
companies should have coaches whose sole role is to improve the staff?
And that the staff should have regular time to practice and develop
their skills? Because I'll buy into that idea - and would love to work
at that company.
It sounds like you are one step ahead of Google:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1761778/training-secrets-from-inside-the-googleplex
An agile development process I worked with a while back had a similar
show and tell concept for the development team. I found it to be
very worthwhile, as we had design
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