Shopify: A StarCraft Inspired Business Strategy
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Shopify: A StarCraft Inspired Business Strategy
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Re: Shopify: A StarCraft Inspired Business Strategy
#2Bit of a stretch
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#3Your unit comp is not micro, controlling them is
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#4Bit of a stretch
I think so too. But it was cool to see how they hired someone solely based on their professional StarCraft skills :)
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#5There's an interesting podcast with Tobi here, where he also mentioned StarCraft.
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#6In 1990s is was not uncommon to be hired to IT solely based on your Mortal Kombat or Doom skills - pretty good proxy for geekness at that time.
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#7Bit of a stretch
The CEO of Shopify thinks otherwise: https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1207704457796083713
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#8This guy is very dedicated to wearing that hat
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#9Your unit comp is not micro, controlling them is
Yeah, unit comp, tech, expansions etc fall under macro
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#10An interesting point in there on culture fit which I always had in the back of my mind. It's quite possible your "cultural fit" is way too restrictive. Being challenged with new ideas can be a good thing.