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I would argue that these small companies are simply at an even higher level. My last paragraph deals with that type of company. Those people, the real differe

by PakG1 16y ago

I would argue that these small companies are simply at an even higher level. My last paragraph deals with that type of company. Those people, the real difference makers that can do amazing things, are often better than anyone you'd find in any big company (examples like Google are outliers). Furthermore, I restrict the statement you're quoting to people who WANT to work in big companies but don't. The people you're talking about would never want to work in a big company because it sucks so much. I'd say big companies in general don't value creativity. That's why they can't in general make good innovative products. I talk about that in some of my other posts on innovation, disruption, etc. However, I do believe that one needs to be creative to get through all the crap and problems that one experiences at a big company. It's a different type of creativity than what is required to develop a groundbreaking new product, but it's still creativity.

notahacker 16y ago
I can buy the argument that there's a certain kind of creativity that can help you work around management attempts to stifle initative. But I cant help thinking the people best suited to those roles are the people without strong creative impulses that are simly very competent at handling the work assigned to them and succeed because of rather than in spite of the officially-sanctioned structures and processes.
- ahoyhere 16y ago
  Yes. Let's say you have a limited amount of creative energy, which based on what we know about exhaustion of Executive Function & decision-making, is probably true. Do you want to waste a large portion of your allotted creative juice on figuring out how to make them let you do your damn job right? That right there is why I've sworn off jobs forever. I've had high-paying jobs ($200k/yr, 5 weeks paid vacation, & a practically unlimited expense account). But when you're wasting your precious life fighting for the right to make something that IS NOT CRAP, it's just not worth it. Life's too short to make crap.

by PakG1 16y ago

notahacker 16y ago

I can buy the argument that there's a certain kind of creativity that can help you work around management attempts to stifle initative. But I cant help thinking the people best suited to those roles are the people without strong creative impulses that are simly very competent at handling the work assigned to them and succeed because of rather than in spite of the officially-sanctioned structures and processes.

ahoyhere 16y ago
Yes. Let's say you have a limited amount of creative energy, which based on what we know about exhaustion of Executive Function & decision-making, is probably true. Do you want to waste a large portion of your allotted creative juice on figuring out how to make them let you do your damn job right? That right there is why I've sworn off jobs forever. I've had high-paying jobs ($200k/yr, 5 weeks paid vacation, & a practically unlimited expense account). But when you're wasting your precious life fighting for the right to make something that IS NOT CRAP, it's just not worth it. Life's too short to make crap.