It's in Spolsky's interests to hire people who "could" manage multiple projects if given that responsibility I'm not sure that's true. I've never been a proje

It's in Spolsky's interests to hire people who "could" manage multiple projects if given that responsibility I'm not sure that's true. I've never been a project manager, but I have had a job where I would sit idle for weeks at a time because nobody had anything for me to work on. I eventually quit. So I would expect that someone who could manage multiple projects at Fog Creek, but is only managing one, would not be happy there, either, even if he/she were paid as much as the people who actually were managing multiple projects. And, yes it's good for there to be a buffer of talent, but that buffer would ideally be spread across the whole company--every person who is managing one project should be able to manage one project and contribute to another--not concentrated in a few stars.