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Wow, that one is even worse, pure ageism. He might as well write about "when to hire female people" etc. Somewhat sad that "culture" is mostly a meaningless buz
by fhd2 13y ago
Wow, that one is even worse, pure ageism. He might as well write about "when to hire female people" etc. Somewhat sad that "culture" is mostly a meaningless buzzword these days, used mainly to exclude people you don't like.
- 0013411101 13y agoAnd yet people will listen to this guy because he is a VC and will create cargo cult leadership to hang off his every word.
- rdl 13y agoBen being a VC is a bad reason to give him credibility. His experience at loud cloud and ops ware (and then HP), and generally being smart, is why I find him interesting. If you read the book, there were only a few fairly badly communicated or stupid parts, and they made a lot more sense in context (it is partially biographical, so he includes mistakes and why they were mistakes). The "old people" is one of those which made more sense in context. It was a bad idea to let it be pulled out like this, imo.
- 6cxs2hd6 13y agoAlthough he makes some good points -- it can be tricky to hire people with more experience than you, especially in the areas where you're weakest -- the title is pretty awful. "When to hire 'old people'?" <-- is a ridiculous question. "Should you take asshat advice?" <-- see Betteridge's Law. Edit: Depersonalized the target of "asshat" because I'm not in a position to judge the person, just this particular post.