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Individual initiative is maximized when people have sole responsibility for their tasks, not when every decision needs to be approved by ten committees. https:
by cousin_it 8y ago
Individual initiative is maximized when people have sole responsibility for their tasks, not when every decision needs to be approved by ten committees.
https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/03/19/two-stories/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/03/19/two-stories/
- pas 8y agoBut who sets the goal? What's Python's goal? Etc. Maybe it can be as simple as a benevolent-dictator election. Or it can be as complex as direct democracy (voting on PEPs) - but then who can vote becomes the issue, etc.
- cousin_it 8y agoWhy election? If you create an organization to pursue some goal, you're the dictator.
- pas 8y agoAnd the Python project now sees that it wants to transition away from that model. Guido represented Python, was the ideal dictator, but probably there was no good candidate to replace him, hence the complications.
- JadeNB 8y ago> Individual initiative is maximized when people have sole responsibility for their tasks, not when every decision needs to be approved by ten committees. > https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/03/19/two-stories/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/03/19/two-stories/ But there's a big gap between "Option A has worked better than Option B [Spolsky, anecdote]" and even "Option A is always better than Option B", much less "Option A maximises the desired outcome."