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This is a no go in large companies, because the large company wants to avoid 'cliques of incompetence' and personal fiefdoms developing, not to mention all of t
by woolvalley 8y ago
This is a no go in large companies, because the large company wants to avoid 'cliques of incompetence' and personal fiefdoms developing, not to mention all of the other problems people have mentioned.
In large organizations, there are too many people for execs to know everyone, so a standardized but rigorous process is better from their perspective.
I say tech's process is better than many other industries processes, which is outsourcing evaluation based on credential prestige.
- Apocryphon 8y agoDo it in the same way that ancient empires from the Romans to the Mongols did it- break preexisting relationships with distance. Referrals are posted to "frontier" teams separated sufficiently far away from referrers. Scatter them across the org.
- woolvalley 8y agoThen they have lunch together and talk about work? They would have to work in unrelated things, which is hard to do when everyone is the same kind of profession.
- Apocryphon 8y agoHard for them to become someone's fiefdom when they're all on separate teams. We're talking about FAANG-sized companies here.