Ruchir, "I think both thingsare important, but should one be more important than the other?"
Both obviously but you may have a different focus depending on context. If you have a small number of people then everyone needs to he awesome. Or you may have a problem that only a handful of people in the world can solve. But if the majority of the value in your company is down to 1 or 2 people rather than its processes, its IP, etc then it represents a riskier investment (and probably commands a lower price). Good established companies can grow awesome people as well as just hire them - which is a useful ability to have in a tight labour market. Cheers, Matt Moore On Jun 22, 2011, at 4:28 PM, Ruchir <ruc...@langoor.com.au> wrote: > 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 building > quality teams by hiring exceptional individuals. I think both things > are important, but should one be more important than the other? > > On Jun 22, 4:03 pm, Alexander Levashov <alex.levas...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> It will be foolish to argue that there is a big gap between great and >> mediocre developer performance. >> >> >> >> IMO, issue that company like Accenture has thousands of developers and >> hundreds of clients, so there are just not enough star developers to do all >> amount of job and not every job must be done by star developers, for many >> jobs just good developers are good enough. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> As an extreme example, would you hire guys from FriendFeed to create 'just >> another Wordpress website"? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> >> >> Alexander Levashov >> >> >> >> Altima Interactive - custom web development >> >> >> >> www.altima.net.au >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> email: alex.levas...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 3:46:13 PM, you wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >> The gap simply changes based on the uniqueness of the work being performed >> right? Even on the average Accenture project, from my experience, there is >> somewhere from a 3x to 5x net difference between a great developer and a >> mediocre one. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Alexander Levashov >> <alex.levas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Hi Ruchir, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I also noticed this article yesterday. Have you read comments to the article >> on HBR website? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I think that mostly the critique there is valid and the author seems >> >> >> >> not fully understand software development business, a simple math >> >> >> >> doesn't work here. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> However I would say that 'is it better to higher 5 great developers or >> >> >> >> 100 good' greatly depends on your business and while first option >> >> >> >> may be better for Facebook, the second one is only valid for >> >> >> >> Accenture. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> >> >> Alexander Levashov >> >> >> >> Altima Interactive - custom web development >> >> >> >> www.altima.net.au >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> email: alex.levas...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 3:11:52 PM, you wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Hi all, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> I read a fascinating article today - >> >> >> >>> http://blogs.hbr.org/taylor/2011/06/great_people_are_overrated.html >> >> >> >>> . >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> I was wondering what everyone's thoughts were on this article. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> Thanks, >> >> >> >>> Ruchir >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach >> Australia mailing list. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Guidelines on discussion: >> http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> No lurkers! 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