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Or, hire the best, and make a team out of them. Or hire people with high potential and push them to reach it. Or, hire people who can get the job done. One thi
by ktRolster 9y ago
Or, hire the best, and make a team out of them. Or hire people with high potential and push them to reach it. Or, hire people who can get the job done.
One thing for sure: if you have mind-numbing processes, "the best" will leave, and others will not reach their potential.
- maxxxxx 9y agoIn my view a good environment where people are allowed and challenged to improve will always beat any other alternative. A lot of people have potential if that potential is being nurtured. You can hire superstars but if your processes are bad, they lose their edge soon. Or leave.
- shallot_router 9y agoYeah, these "don't do [hip thing], do [contrarian but normal/common sense] thing" articles (or the reverse of them) are becoming a bit tired. You should have good team-building and organizational skills and good technical hiring skills.
- rhizome 9y agoEverybody thinks they're doing the common-sense thing and not being contrarian, even if it's the hip thing.
- shallot_router 9y agoVery true.
- bdg 9y agoI'm sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the article format. I agree that one should have good team-building and technical skills. I also think there are other and possibly better ways to improve development team throughput besides "hiring the best".
- cbtacy 9y agobut... but.... management is HARD. [/snark]