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Post by mrunkel »

codezero wrote: post #110
mrunkel wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you elaborate on what types of people you mean?

There's no one type, and it depends on the company. But a general archetype which seems to reoccur is that of the generalist. Early on, people wear a lot of hats, which means they get to be involved in a lot of different parts of the company and its growth. At a certain stage, teams compartmentalize, and people who don't like being isolated to one or two teams tend to get frustrated with companies as they become more…

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resters wrote: post #73
gavingmiller wrote: post #31

> Why’d he quit? ... he told me this: at each stage of a company’s growth, they have different needs. Those needs generally require different skills. What he enjoyed, and what he had the skills to do, was to take a tiny company and make it medium sized. Once a company was at that stage of growth, he was less interested and less good at taking them from there. This is an aspect that gets overlooked in many businesses…

To borrow from the Harry Potter universe, early stage startups need Gryffindors and Ravenclaws, but then as the company grows more and more Hufflepuffs get hired, and sooner or later the company ends up on the radar of Slytherins, who are focused mostly on obtaining fame and renown, and who are more likely to have what muggles call "dark triad" personality traits. What's most fascinating about the Hogwarts metaphor i…

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