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Re:The Founder Mode Tradeoff – By Kent Beck by nick3443 on Friday September 06, 2024 @08:15AM (#41465458)
I feel this but how many long term successful companies exist with no professional management folks? Beyond Valve, are there more than a few existence proofs?
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Re:The Founder Mode Tradeoff – By Kent Beck by paulryanrogers on Friday September 06, 2024 @08:41AM (#41465619)
I'd say Valve isn't even that successful at managing. IMO they lucked into a huge market demand and did a competent job. Yet haven't managed to produce HL3 after several attempts. There are also some horror stories from former employees of a shadow hierarchy and popularity contests.
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Re:The Founder Mode Tradeoff – By Kent Beck by tbe-stream on Friday September 06, 2024 @08:38AM (#41465591)
My impression: there are very few and for good reasons.
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