Wow. I'm glad that somebody did that experiment. I'm disappointed, but not surprised. From the article: > “They did admit that of course things hadn’t gone to

Wow. I'm glad that somebody did that experiment. I'm disappointed, but not surprised. From the article: > “They did admit that of course things hadn’t gone too well. But afterwards they spent half the day playing Counter-Strike again. There was no learning curve at all.” > He ought to have become sceptical sooner, when he noticed they had formed a close-knit community, from which he was largely excluded. He basically hired a bunch of 20-somethings and literally hoped that it would work out - doesn't sound like a plan to me even for an idealistic person. Sorry, but he seems highly incompetent as a manager. Maybe it would work for people who come from bureaucratic environments and who are grateful for this opportunity. I wonder how he managed to finance that for so long. I would like to repeat the same experiment with people who are self-motivated because they've been in the workforce and burned out. I guess this might work.