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The most harmful idea he introduced is stack ranking, the consequences of which we're still dealing with in the tech industry. In particular ranking people on a
by dtrailin 7y ago
The most harmful idea he introduced is stack ranking, the consequences of which we're still dealing with in the tech industry. In particular ranking people on a team level on the team and firing those on the bottom has taken a severe toll on many teams and companies/
- protomyth 7y agoThe utter destruction of any sense of team work when people realize that someone has to be the bottom is awful. He had to be a smart guy. How did he not realize anything that actually needs a team is going to suffer? Is this some lone eagle crap like EDS had?[1] Can you imagine the original Macintosh team running under stack ranking? I guess you shouldn't appoint people CEO who don't understand teams are required to build great products. 1) had a buddy who worked for EDS tell me that they wouldn't hire anyone who came as a group at a job fair because "eagles fly alone". That would actually explain some interactions.