Tiago Forte@fortelabs·Sep 29, 2017I'd love your take on this @vgr. Developer Hegemony uses Gervais Principle as explanatory backbone cc @daedtechQuote TweetTiago Forte@fortelabs·Sep 29, 20171/ My summary/analysis of Developer Hegemony, @daedtech's stunning book on the future of labor https://daedtech.com/book/Show this thread3210
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 29, 2017Replying to @fortelabs and @daedtechYeah, Erik sent me a preview copy, so familiar with the argument :) There's definitely an economic pressure/incentives towards mercenary end1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 29, 2017Replying to @vgr @fortelabs and @daedtechI have a feeling though that there's a poorly understood force acting in the other direction: the desire to work on ambitious things1210
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 29, 2017Replying to @vgr @fortelabs and @daedtechThe very best developers tend not to go mercenary. They tend to stay missionary and work at big corps that can do things small ones can't.312
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @vgr @fortelabs and @daedtechAnd others sometimes choose to stay because they want to work with the A+ missionaries. Efficiencer work is not as satisfying a big mission2:42 PM · Sep 29, 20171 Retweet13 Likes
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Sep 29, 2017Replying to @vgr @fortelabs and @daedtechThey tend to have enough political power and leverage that they can (and do) say fu to governance bureaucracy, marketers, etc.13
Tiago Forte@fortelabs·Sep 29, 2017Replying to @vgr and @daedtechHm makes sense. Efficiencers strike me as very foxy. Hedgehogs get perverse pride in going against incentives
Kyle Mathews@kylemathews·Sep 29, 2017Replying to @vgr @fortelabs and @daedtech100% agree. Also most efficiencer type work is pretty boring/easy if you're a great developer.11
Tiago Forte@fortelabs·Sep 29, 2017Replying to @kylemathews @vgr and @daedtechIs there seriously no ambitious original work done by freelance software devs? Most ambitious writing is done by free agents1