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The #1 message I got from Creativity Inc is the amount of luck involved, something which Catmull acknowledges in the book and even points he might have survivor
by greggman3 5y ago
The #1 message I got from Creativity Inc is the amount of luck involved, something which Catmull acknowledges in the book and even points he might have survivor bias.
Luck: Lucas let them leave as a division rather than just shut them down or have them each choose other divisions.
Luck: They didn't get sold to HP but instead to Jobs
Luck: Jobs was willing to blow 70 million over 4 years on them failing to be a computer company before letting them pivot to movies. Lots of people could probably pull some level of success from being given $70 million+ (though probably not Pixar level success)
Luck: Lassiter didn't get fired earlier for sexual harassment (not in the book)
Luck: Catmull didn't get sued for illegal anti-competitive practices. (not in the book)
Of course I love many Pixar movies and respect the amount of effort and talent that goes into them.
- KerrAvon 5y ago>illegal anti-competitive practices Genuinely don't know what this refers to -- when was Pixar large enough to do that?
- wayne 5y ago"According to the lawsuit, the defendant studios, including Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Blue Sky, schemed to avoid high wages for artists by discussing and agreeing to compensation ranges for employees – that is, pay for employees would not go above certain, agreed-upon levels, so that the studios could limit their payroll expenses." https://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/federal-judge-dismisses-animation-studio-wage-fixing-suit-111255.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/federal-judge-dismisses-a... Very similar to what Jobs did with other tech companies to drive down wages for engineers.
- dagmx 5y agoCatmull helmed an industry wide wage fixing campaign
- dahart 5y agoIt was multiple studios, not Pixar alone. http://www.animationlawsuit.com/faqs.aspx http://www.animationlawsuit.com/faqs.aspx