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I hear you. When Michael Jordan was an asshole to everybody, I hear they refused to have him on The Bulls and won multiple championships without him. Remember
by alexashka 6y ago
I hear you.
When Michael Jordan was an asshole to everybody, I hear they refused to have him on The Bulls and won multiple championships without him.
Remember how The Beatles decided it's not worth it and didn't make any music? What a great decision by them, nobody would remember them long after they're gone anyway.
When I look at giant corps with their HR departments and filtering out of anyone who isn't a 'team player' - I am inspired. When Microsoft announces another ground breaking product - I forget all about the mediocre music and art created by small groups of difficult people.
When I compare Steve Jobs and his lunatic behaviour to Tim Cook, I am reminded that getting along clearly leads to better outcomes.
It is corporate culture of getting along that inspires me. It is people who think like you.
- mattmanser 6y agoBeatles/music analogy rather backfires, no-one remembers Paul McCartney albums or Freddie Mercury solo projects. I could spend years listing bands that have split up, the lead singer or guitarist tries to go solo, utterly fails, band goes for reunion tour 10 years later. It's a known band cliché. A large software project is a lot of hard work of basically a bunch of people trying to write a story together. It's different to sport. One asshole pulling in a completely different direction is enough to drag everyone down.
- danjac 6y agoCounterexamples: John Lennon, Sting, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Phil Collins, Lou Reed...
- mattmanser 6y agoThey're the exceptions to the rule, the converse happens far more often.
- danjac 6y ago...George Michael, Paul Simon, Iggy Pop, Cher, Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Diana Ross...
- onion2k 6y agoYou're getting downvoted but I think you make a valid point. Brilliant loners can be really useful for a business. They're the visionaries. They're the ones who change industries. But imagine having Steve Jobs on your team, and trying to get the best out of him within the constraints of a project. It'd be impossible. Brilliant people like the ones you've listed need to be the ones leading. That's why I don't want them on my team.
- bcrosby95 6y agoYeah, but now you're most likely leaving the field of software engineering and are going higher up the promotion ladder.
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