15/ One reason I have an issue with the "mercenary versus missionary" ideological schism in tech is that it tries to force "local" solutions
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16/ "The free market allocates things efficiently","labor immobility through cargo-cult loyalty norms/missions is a good thing"
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17/ "We want you to believe in this, do great work w/great people", "here are stock options to make it hard to form that belief honestly"
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18/ This deep-seated contradiction is "resolved" via cute Jungian projection: hating on "mercenaries" as cynical, disloyal, selfish people
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19/ And also via a culture of "pretending to care, pretending to agree"http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2015/05/20/pretending-to-care-pretending-to-agree/ …
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20/ And perhaps most tellingly, in SV's dislike of lifestyle biz people who participate in digi-future w/o lip service to "mission" culture
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21/ There has been a flip in what constitutes a "good manager". Shuffling people in/out is now more important than managing people you have
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22/ With high-autonomy self-directed creatives in agile teams, there is less direct mgmt to do; hiring/letting go/trading is critical skill
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23/ For individuals there is continuous tradeoff among a) learning skills b) gaining start-to-finish project lifecycle exp c) and exit/entry
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