So a star is a person who is good at their job.. > Going from individual contributor What did you do? > This is one of the reasons why you can't have a total

So a star is a person who is good at their job.. > Going from individual contributor What did you do? > This is one of the reasons why you can't have a totally flat org - you need managers. Look a Valve, a flat company, who are pretty successful. That proves your point factually incorrect. > There's lots of managerial advice out there. It's hard to find any truly useful information out there, I'll say it all comes down to stars. They are making it happen. So if it all down to stars, then what is the purpose of the manager? > Seems the younger/sv area crowd are more into "culture fit". That seems a little too college fraternity to me. People say "one asshole can ruin the team". I suspect that's bullshit. Culture leads to teamwork which leads to project flow. Nothing is better than a project flowing well.