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In my opinion the best way to deal with the issue of hierarchy would be to make management an assignment, not a job. Someone takes on the role of "manager" for
by mikenew 6y ago
In my opinion the best way to deal with the issue of hierarchy would be to make management an assignment, not a job. Someone takes on the role of "manager" for an upcoming project, at at the conclusion of that project they go back to engineering.
Apparently this is how Valve does things. I've heard Gabe Newell say in an interview (that I can't find right now) that often times the management role is given to the newer employees. They see it as a big honor at first, but by the end of it they're pretty happy to go back to engineering and let someone else deal with the responsibilities of management.
- xxpor 6y agoMaybe this is why Valve can't seem to actually finish a project to save their lives at this point!
- mikenew 6y agoThey actually have admitted that that's an issue, although I'm not sure what they did about it. Recently they shipped the Valve Index and released Half Life: Alyx, both of which are excellent. They also released Artifact (it did terribly, but they did release it), and a UI overhaul for Steam along with a lot of new features. So in recent years they've been doing fairly well I think.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoThat's project management not people management. Very different and not a senior role.