> Note that engineers who do this become Sociopaths (in the MacLeod sense) Which is actually what Dietrich is advocating, with a careful caveat: these develope

> Note that engineers who do this become Sociopaths (in the MacLeod sense) Which is actually what Dietrich is advocating, with a careful caveat: these developer partnerships only hire other Sociopaths (or Opportunists, as Dietrich calls them) insofar as it is possible, and generally avoid growing large enough to need a gooey Clueless middle. The MacLeod system describes organizations of all sizes, but only reaches its full flowering in large enterprises.