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> Instead of an engineer who’s an order of magnitude “better” than their peers, leaders should look for people who are willing and able to learn—and to help the
by akasakahakada 2y ago
> Instead of an engineer who’s an order of magnitude “better” than their peers, leaders should look for people who are willing and able to learn—and to help their whole team learn and execute, too.
No. Build a whole team with people who willing to learn new stuff around that rock star.
- mandymoorefan 2y ago~~No.~~ Yes, but you should also ... . To maximize the impact they can have.
- Narann 2y agoTo continue the analogy: Rock stars want to rock, not to teach music.
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- heavenlyblue 2y ago> Rock stars want to rock, not to teach music. Even rock stars do not do that alone. Somebody has to put the equipment together, sell tickets, record their music, play bass.
- akasakahakada 2y agoSo you mean rock star should leave music and teach people how to sell tickets and mix tracks?
- abadpoli 2y agoAnd yet if you want to build an empire of rock music, the person who teaches stars to rock is vastly more important than any one star. Even the 5x dev who teaches just 2 others to be 5x devs is more impactful than the lone 10x dev that ignores their team, and always will be.