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I firmly believe that management doesn't, or shouldn't mind this. I think a successful company is not necessarily built on top talent, but rather on people whos
by npteljes 2y ago
I firmly believe that management doesn't, or shouldn't mind this. I think a successful company is not necessarily built on top talent, but rather on people whose behavior can be managed - and on managers that are similarly competent. Similar to how on a building site, extraordinary bricklayers are not necessary, only a specific kind of adequacy is.
The other thing is that people who have something extraordinary also ask for something extraordinary in return, and that's not surprising either, it's just power dynamics. Similar to how powerful celebrities can have ridiculous backstage requests - what are they going to do, cancel a show?
- karma_pharmer 2y ago[flagged]
- npteljes 2y agoNot trolling, it's my genuine opinion, experience. For the spirit of curious discussion, what do you disagree with and why?
- karma_pharmer 2y ago[flagged]
- SauciestGNU 2y agoThis is an interesting perspective. I almost agree, in that many or most companies out there will be more or less fine with mid-tier talent. Not every company or product requires the best talent out there. But I still think there will be downstream effects to driving out strong performers, and time will be the judge there.
- npteljes 2y ago>many or most companies out there will be more or less fine with mid-tier talent. Indeed. As my years go by, I value reliability more than talent, possibilities, records. For example when playing games, I always leave a good buffer so that the card delivers the 60 fps in the most complex scenes too. I value that more than beautiful, but sometimes choppy performance.
- zeroonetwothree 2y agoIt’s probably not true for the companies in the article (eg Apple)
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