The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems
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The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems
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Re: The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems
#2Yet another validation of the long-standing hypothesis that in the age where a kid with a laptop can come up with technology that takes over the internet, pushing tech as a process in a factory is the path to irrelevance.
Re: The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems
#3It is more of a "hardware specifications" driven culture, where design of the software experience is secondary. But in "touch phone" devices, just getting the hardware right can't even get you halfway into making a better product.
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#4"Some Nokia employees continually disparage Apple, internally calling it The California Fruit Company," he said.
Classy. Nothing quite like mocking one of the companies that's been ripping you limb from limb for the past three-and-a-half years.
Re: The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems
#5"Some Nokia employees continually disparage Apple, internally calling it The California Fruit Company," he said. Classy. Nothing quite like mocking one of the companies that's been ripping you limb from limb for the past three-and-a-half years.
Can you blame them? Have you truly never made a bitter jibe into your beer at someone who has surpassed you?
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#6It is more of a "hardware specifications" driven culture, where design of the software experience is secondary. But in "touch phone" devices, just getting the hardware right can't even get you halfway into making a better product.
This is actually why I love Nokia phones. They have fantastic hardware.
I'm really hoping that letting someone else do most of the heavy lifting for the software will allow Nokia to focus on what we already know it does best.
Re: The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems
#7"Some Nokia employees continually disparage Apple, internally calling it The California Fruit Company," he said. Classy. Nothing quite like mocking one of the companies that's been ripping you limb from limb for the past three-and-a-half years.
Can you blame them? Have you truly never made a bitter jibe into your beer at someone who has surpassed you?
Better to take that energy and redirect it at kicking the crap out of your competitors than to waste it on schoolyard taunts.
Re: The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems
#8"Some Nokia employees continually disparage Apple, internally calling it The California Fruit Company," he said. Classy. Nothing quite like mocking one of the companies that's been ripping you limb from limb for the past three-and-a-half years.
Exactly just look at the ifanboys and droiddroolers. They never post anything disparaging about their competitors.
Re: The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems
#9No. It is a corporate turf war. Like MS, the engineering departments have the upper hand and prefers control to continue in engineering hands. They'd rather die than let the design manager get promoted.
This is what you get if there is no strong alpha male founder leadership at the top.
Ellison, Gates, Brin, Jobs were there to make sure this doesn't happen. When the founders leave, chaos ensues.
Re: The Engineer-Driven culture at Nokia and its problems
#10I've observed that this can be an issue when you get too many people out of touch with software involved in a company.