I'm going to link this because it's relevant. Safi Bahcall wrote of this phenomenon: https://mentalmodels4life.net/2021/01/04/safi-bahcalls-innovation-equation/

I'm going to link this because it's relevant. Safi Bahcall wrote of this phenomenon: https://mentalmodels4life.net/2021/01/04/safi-bahcalls-innovation-equation/ https://mentalmodels4life.net/2021/01/04/safi-bahcalls-innov... In very large organizations (>150 people) incentives shift dramatically because it becomes more valuable to engage in politicking than actually delivering value. Carmack has perpetually worked in smaller orgs as an IC and has a reputation for being difficult (that is, a reputation for actually giving a shit). Based on Bahcall's hypothesis, one potential solution would be to break the org into smaller units and create milestone based incentives like large team bonuses centered around performance bonuses