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Worse, in my experience, is that the only people who become managers are the people who want it the most. I almost think we have the wrong idea in paying manag
by michaelochurch 14y ago
Worse, in my experience, is that the only people who become managers are the people who want it the most.
I almost think we have the wrong idea in paying managers so well, because I like the public-servant model seen in democratic-republican governments better than this antiquated overseer-nobility nonsense. Granted, we still have narcissistic politicians out there, but they aren't nearly as bad as the corporate executives.
- dpritchett 14y agoI think highly paid managers are inevitable over time. It's somewhere between regulatory capture and Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureacracy. Luckily companies who follow that path will eventually implode and be replaced by others who can only hope to survive long enough to follow the same path.
- yuhong 14y agomichaelochurch has suggested open allocation to solve the problem.
- dpritchett 14y agoI like open allocation in principle and I'l be happy to work that way when I get the chance. It's still not going to stop the macroeconomic entropy that will eventually see Valve and Github die like every other company. Things fall apart.