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There is an inherent safety in having four average employee write something rather than using your unicorn. It's safe because three of them will still be around
by eksemplar 9y ago
There is an inherent safety in having four average employee write something rather than using your unicorn. It's safe because three of them will still be around to manage it when one of them gets a new job, cancer or retires.
On top of that, your unicorns are only really worth their wages if they are solving problems no one else can or if they are mentoring others.
- tropshop 9y agoOr, the group of four writes something an order of magnitude more complex. It becomes difficult to make changes, estimates grow, and execution is consistently buggy. With the right unicorn, one can act swiftly, groom a lean architecture, and make instinctive calls that move the needle of the entire roadmap. Real unicorns present sound technical strategies and inspire new opportunities that help push the company to the next level.