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A conversation with Pixar's Ed Catmull
- apu 16y agoI'm always amazed every time I read or watch interviews or talks by Catmull for his incisiveness. It's so rare to find someone who's both technically and organizationally brilliant, with a track record as phenomenal as he has had at Pixar.
- d0m 16y agoI really appreciate how he's always searching for things that went/go/will go wrong even thought everything seems to go so well for Pixar. I find that inspiring.
- anamax 16y ago> I really appreciate how he's always searching for things that went/go/will go wrong even thought everything seems to go so well for Pixar. Of course, the fact that things are going fairly well makes it easier for him to find and focus on things that aren't going well. It's a virtuous circle wrt technical debt. The less you have, the more effort that you can apply to each bit that you do have. And, if things are going well, the less that you spend in total on reducing your technical debt.
- Oxryly 16y agoThat seems right. However I think with an organization like Pixar there is an enormous energy that can potentially spew technical debt like nobody's business. If it goes off the rails, it could go off in a big way. For that reason a manager in his position has to be hyper vigilant and really have his approach down pat, which appears to be the case.
- Oxryly 16y agoVery cool stuff. I was expecting a lot and still I was blown away.