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But it doesn't sound even good on paper, though! People under you ~= cost of whatever it is you are providing. Equating that to some sort of "value" you create
by ChicagoBoy11 3y ago
But it doesn't sound even good on paper, though!
People under you ~= cost of whatever it is you are providing. Equating that to some sort of "value" you create is an insane proposition; the only thing that communicates, at first glance, is that you/your division/what you work on is EXPENSIVE.
- joshspankit 3y agoUnder the rules of the tradition economy, yes. In tech, however, any company is ~1 good (implemented) idea away from >100X ROI. From the top that looks like bringing in as many good people as possible in order to maximize your chances of one of them having that idea while on your clock. Once a company is big enough it’s the multiple management layers that make that simple equation almost impossibly complicated.
- projektfu 3y agoIf you have one leader with a team of two, and another with a team of forty, which one gets promoted to manage five teams with 2-40 people on each team? Answer: the one that's most familiar to the person making the decision.
- ChicagoBoy11 3y agoHa - I love this!
- HeyLaughingBoy 3y agoWell, we are herd animals...
- chubot 3y agoWait until you hear about the incentives to use more computing resources By and large the team doing the work are the technical experts Nobody higher up really knows more If you use more resources, then your project looks more impressive This is a problem in many fields including academia. They need some way to judge work, but the only people qualified are your peers