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The central thesis of the article seems to be stated in the first sentence "The environment that nurtures creative programmers kills management and marketing t
by plinkplonk 18y ago
The central thesis of the article seems to be stated in the first sentence
"The environment that nurtures creative programmers kills management and marketing types--and vice versa"
Are you saying this is not true? I've been trying to think of a company that is an exception to this, but i can't. [EDIT maybe Apple?]
I know that Google managers complain that engineers are taken more seriously in Google then themselves. As for engineers aversion to marketers you are completely on the money about that.
- tom_rath 18y agoI've yet to meet a superb marketer or manager who thrives in a stifling environment. That repeated stereotype among techies reflects the closed-mindedness of cliques rather than some supposed 'liberated' viewpoint of hackers.
- rbanffy 18y agoIf a marketer or manager thrives in such an environment, there is a good chance they are mediocre at best. Creative people keep banging against the limits corporate rules impose on them. Those who don't bang are not creative.
- jimbokun 18y ago"[EDIT maybe Apple?]" The true genius of Jobs is his ability to understand, lead, motivate and inspire hacker-types (while not really being one himself). Woz, of course, being the first example.
- durin42 18y agoMy read on Apple is that they're not a software company - they're a hardware design company that feels passionately about the software not sucking and detracting from the design of the hardware. Last time I knew, Apple's turnover on engineers was fairly high, higher than I expected for a company of that stature.