Why I Run a Flat Company by Jason Fried
An interesting study of the pros and cons of a flat company.
Why I Run a Flat Company | Jason Fried of Inc.com
Google famously runs a mostly flat organization, and this model seems to work well for software development organizations.
Obviously, it’s not for everyone, but I definitely like the idea of promoting horizontally vs. vertically. Your best developers should be writing code, not learning management.
Thoughts?
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April 6th, 2011 at 7:45 pm
Agreed. The trick is to get passionate people and let them apply those passions to moving the company forward. Everybody wins.
April 6th, 2011 at 7:58 pm
+1 for flat
April 6th, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Yeah, it runs into scaling issues, as Jason mentions, but I think you can make it work even in very large development orgs.
April 6th, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Definitely, although it’s sometimes a challenge to find good, passionate development managers; it’s an interesting skill set
April 18th, 2011 at 4:21 pm
Great article. Thanks for that.
April 18th, 2011 at 5:09 pm
Sure, a lot of good information in there.