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Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team by geofft on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:11PM (#18728003)
Magic is about management. The most talented ICs can't do much unless management supports them in it. (And I say this as an IC.)
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Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team by oh_sigh on Thursday December 20, 2018 @03:24PM (#18728770)
Management is a necessary but insufficient condition for magic.
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Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team by m0zg on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:13PM (#18728033)
Not in research.
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Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team by Aloha on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:19PM (#18728095)
Even in Research.

Xerox PARC is a great example - PARC invented everything, but very little of it was immediately commercially applicable - Good management, is what turns "people producing great things", to "people producing great things regular people can use"

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Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team by geofft on Thursday December 20, 2018 @05:37PM (#18729839)
Anyone with a successful research lab is a manager: they're spending a good chunk of their time herding grad students, writing grant proposals, hiring junior faculty, etc. This model works.
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Re:John Giannandrea named to Apple’s executive team by threeseed on Thursday December 20, 2018 @03:28PM (#18728810)
Managers decide on the culture, composition and priorities of a team.

They are just as significant as individuals in the team.

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