Well-written article, but your thought process follows classic survivorship bias.
You've extrapolated practices at two of the most successful companies ever created in the history of capitalism and concluded that "because it seems to work for them it will work for everyone."
Of course you may well be right, but to conclude that you need to look at other companies that have followed the same "developer driven" approach. How many have failed? Succeeded?
Interviewing two people who won the lottery by playing every day but Tuesday for 5 years doesn't mean I'll win by doing the same.
Again - you might be right - but I can't come to that conclusion based on the logic described.
Well-written article, but your thought process follows classic survivorship bias.
You've extrapolated practices at two of the most successful companies ever created in the history of capitalism and concluded that "because it seems to work for them it will work for everyone."
Of course you may well be right, but to conclude that you need to look at other companies that have followed the same "developer driven" approach. How many have failed? Succeeded?
Interviewing two people who won the lottery by playing every day but Tuesday for 5 years doesn't mean I'll win by doing the same.
Again - you might be right - but I can't come to that conclusion based on the logic described.
For my thoughts on this topic: http://bit.ly/eKQIKu
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