On 6/21/2013 1:34 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
But what actually happened was, nobody wanted to work on mundane
projects -- maintaining existing systems, keeping the servers running,
doing routine chores necessary for everyday operations, etc.. There was
a lot of infighting on who gets to work on the fun stuff, and the people
who didn't get it began to quit one by one. Eventually, none of the
mundane things were adequately taken care of, and most of the employees
left 'cos they didn't get to do what they wanted, and the company
collapsed.
Yup.
Similar things happen if you only hire people fresh out of college. Things are
find for a while, and then everyone wants to move up into management at the same
time.
