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These dumb things emerge because of two forces: first, the promotion game of people trying to get theirs. Second, price's law. Price's law is what constrains s
by mathgladiator 4y ago
These dumb things emerge because of two forces: first, the promotion game of people trying to get theirs. Second, price's law.
Price's law is what constrains scope, and the boundary between engineers can often be the luck of having the right opportunity. As such, all the stupid things emerge trying to invent scope. I'm guilty of this, but that was the game.
There is no solution except accept that big companies kind of suck and are slow.
- AgentOrange1234 4y agoMaybe I am unusually lucky. After managing a small team for a year in a FAANG, I am considerably less jaded. I think it is entirely possible to be truly focused on the customer, to have a vision and a strategy, and to balance working toward this goal with experimentation. It is of course also very hard work, it’s easy to make mistakes, and nothing is perfect. But I really don’t see that this is all doomed from the beginning just because of bad incentives and structural forces.
- mathgladiator 4y agoIf your leadership chain is good, then it is easy to have a great experience and good scope to grow. As you get higher up, the politics and limits become very visible. Strategy and focus are really hard to scale up which creates limited scope for continued growth.
- dpe82 4y agoCome back in 5 years and let us know if that's still your opinion. Maybe you'll get lucky, but most people aren't.