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"Mediocre hires hurt you twice: they get less done, but they also make you big, because you need more of them to solve a given problem." I would say Mediocre h
by prakash 19y ago
"Mediocre hires hurt you twice: they get less done, but they also make you big, because you need more of them to solve a given problem."
I would say Mediocre hires hurt you THRICE. Twice for the reasons you mention, and the third one is all the good folks leaving since they can't stand mediocre people.
One big company that seems to do well, at least from the outside is Semco in Brazil. Watch Ricardo Semler's "Leading by Omission": http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/308/ http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/308/ and read his book "Maverick": http://www.amazon.com/dp/0446670553 http://www.amazon.com/dp/0446670553. This is of course an anomaly since most companies don't work this way.
- arvid 19y agoI have lived in Brazil for 11 years and never heard of this company. You can check out their website: http://semco.locaweb.com.br/en/ http://semco.locaweb.com.br/en/
- rms 19y agoSomething about that design and the icons makes me feel vaguely happy. That's a good emotion for an industrial equipment manufacturer to elicit...
- neilk 19y agoOne of my favorite books. And note, this company (originally) had nothing to do with hacking or technology. If it works for a manufacturer of heavy equipment, in a unionized shop, how much better can it work in software?