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Why Zuckerberg Is (Almost) Right About Great Talent
Why Zuckerberg Is (Almost) Right About Great Talent
Do you agree with Zuckerberg: “Some programmers and programming teams are, indeed, 100X more productive than their more typically talented counterparts.”
http://blogs.hbr.org/schrage/2011/06/why-zuckerberg-is-almost-right.html
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- Eric von Stackelberg July 15, 2011 - 10:38am
I agree with radical differences in productivity, but I suspect 100X is an unsupported statement.
However, I also don't believe in building towards "rockstars", because there is a high risk to the project/product when those rockstars become available and I believe this approach is actually counterproductive to building a good team. I prefer highly effective teams, where motivation and appropriate process support the high levels of productivity. Unfortunately, I have seen more examples of poor process and motivation than I have seen poor developers but it is much easier to place blame on a single individual than to accept the need to change organizational processes.
COMP 650: Social Computing
