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I think mediocrity is a function of the risk your company is willing to take. The more risk-averse, the more mediocre. I don't have data to back this up, but
by gpcz 13y ago
I think mediocrity is a function of the risk your company is willing to take. The more risk-averse, the more mediocre. I don't have data to back this up, but I'd bet dollars to donuts there's a correlation between risk-aversion and company size. For example, here's a speech by a guy working for IBM during days they were developing the PC explaining his gripe with the organization: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbRmaIzGTOM#t=5m55s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbRmaIzGTOM#t=5m55s
- michaelochurch 13y agoMy thoughts: there's good risk and bad risk and, in the technological economy, you need to know the difference. Good risk: trusting smart people with their own time. Don't take this risk and you will fucking fail because everyone with an IQ over 125 will sabotage you (or, at least, abandon you for better things.) Bad risk: not backing up your database, skimping on code correctness in safety-critical code, playing with guns. People who don't know the difference should not be making decisions that affect other people.