Re:Zappos says goodbye to bosses
by brg on Wednesday January 08, 2014 @06:46PM
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Crap political work is necessary in any complex cooperative human endeavor.
Communication is complex, and no matter how careful at scale there will be misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and bruised egos.
Resources are limited, and reaching a decision, if not a consensus, is an important part of successful engineering.
Time is valuable, and at times for survival a feature must be cut and a product direction abandoned. The handling of the removal of responsibilities and resources is necessary, but never something that is happily accepted by everyone.
Communication is complex, and no matter how careful at scale there will be misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and bruised egos.
Resources are limited, and reaching a decision, if not a consensus, is an important part of successful engineering.
Time is valuable, and at times for survival a feature must be cut and a product direction abandoned. The handling of the removal of responsibilities and resources is necessary, but never something that is happily accepted by everyone.