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Hard to place the blame on a single person, though I do think a "management consultant wearing an engineer costume" captures Google's engineering leadership the
by siliconc0w 3y ago
Hard to place the blame on a single person, though I do think a "management consultant wearing an engineer costume" captures Google's engineering leadership these days
- A_D_E_P_T 3y agoYeah. But what do you expect when the boss comes from McKinsey? Not only does the place teach a particular skillset, it also selects for very peculiar employees. It would be downright weird if an ex-McKinsey employee were anything like a decent engineer.
- throwaway11460 3y agoMcKinsey has absolutely stellar engineers and engineering leadership in its internal software teams, it's a gift and joy to work with them. Not sure about the consulting side though.
- wepple 3y agoAre there known examples of ex-McKinsey employees that are generally considered a force for good in general?
- Nathanael_M 3y agoPeter Attia's book on longevity is really wonderful, as is his public discourse and research.
- karaterobot 3y agoThe best manager I ever had was an ex-McKinsey consultant. Extremely empathetic, super competent, good dude. I have not worked with him for years but still text him for advice, and he delivers. I suppose that there are people who left McKinsey because they thought they could make more money elsewhere, and people who left McKinsey because they realized they made a huge mistake working there.
- sundalia 3y agoJeremy Howard comes to mind. The sheer good that fast.ai brought as free quality educational material feels enough for "good in general" :)
- snowwrestler 3y agoTom Peters’ work on management excellence is generally well-regarded and he started it at McKinsey. He’s also more recently spoken pretty aggressively about how he thinks McKinsey has lost their way as a business and become a negative force.
- eschaton 2y agoNot that well-regarded any more since his fabrications came to light.
- notzane 3y agoJørgen Vig Knudstorp saved Lego