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I’m with you... I’m quite tired of hearing about culture in the work place. I’m hoping it was mostly tied up in SV which I am departing from soon. To the SV st
by corytheboyd 6y ago
I’m with you... I’m quite tired of hearing about culture in the work place. I’m hoping it was mostly tied up in SV which I am departing from soon.
To the SV startups I have interacted with (both myself and through friends) culture can be used as the excuse to hire “people like us”.
- golemotron 6y agoYes. If you have to talk about culture, you don't have it.
- loceng 6y agoCulture is like macro economics - it's an illusion made up from micro economics. Likewise it's individuals' behaviour and interactions that will form a culture, and though you can put policies in place - like with macro economics - to try to influence maximize certain qualities - however that kills off nuances, flexibility, and variance of individual that's necessary for sovereignty to maximize the individual's contributions. A person will either blend in, integrate successfully into a culture - evolving it hopefully for the better - or their behaviour will lead them to being exiled unless they can learn, grow; my worry has always been if toxic, manipulative individuals capture the review and management positions - which is why I'm interested in non-hierarchical structures, however some still needs necessary; the never-ending tension between liberal and conservation, more hands on vs. more hands off approaches.