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That wasn't my takeaway from reading all the Twitter posts. The author mentions he will never work at a non-self-organizing company again. It was just the bonus
by moonrobin 8y ago
That wasn't my takeaway from reading all the Twitter posts. The author mentions he will never work at a non-self-organizing company again. It was just the bonus driven toxic culture at Valve which encouraged unhealthy competition and sabotage between the developers.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoA self-organizing company is toxic by its very nature, due to the lack of formal organization. A hierarchicy will always form, and if you don’t deliberately form it, the result will be, as described, suboptimal.
- brodo 8y agoThe problem is that people think that egalitarianism is the natural state of the world and hirarchies have to be artificially introduced. I can see the appeal of this sort of thinking. People belive it, because it is a nice thing to belive.
- toomuchtodo 8y agoAgreed. It is marketing with no basis in reality.
- deltron3030 8y agoHierarchies form around the skills that are most valuable for the existence of the group. Nobody bites the hand that feeds her. Of course it's toxic if you're the boss or founder, because your goals won't matter. But it isn't for the group that creates it's own goals. This works if there is no boss.
- deltron3030 8y agoWith boss I meant a goalsetter that is outside of the group, that doesn't posess the core competency like the people on the inside. It's clear that there's also an "inside boss", or a most valuable player.