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.
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.
My 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.
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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 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.
I'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.
If 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.
"[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.
My 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.