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by rorykoehler 2324 days ago
I think every organisation has people of different aptitudes, intrinsic motivation and interests. Building a team of superstars is meaningless. It's the management version of "make it better" or "it doesn't work" type feedbacks that don't give any necessary insights to actually do it. Building a team of people technically superior to you? In what way. Does your devops guy need to be an expert in language design?

On the subject of teaching your team you're right however. Instead aim to create an environment that fosters sharing. In my team I created a weekly tech share which the team does on rotation. It's been great for harmonising the team.
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crimsonalucard 2324 days ago
>I think every organisation has people of different aptitudes, intrinsic motivation and interests. Building a team of superstars is meaningless. It's the management version of "make it better" or "it doesn't work" type feedbacks that don't give any necessary insights to actually do it. Building a team of people technically superior to you? In what way. Does your devops guy need to be an expert in language design?

I'm just talking about the ideal you should strive for. Given the opportunity this is what you should try to do. Of course like many ideals, you rarely have the ability or resources to fully implement the ideal.

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rorykoehler 2324 days ago
Building a team of collaborators with a baseline of technical aptitude and a willingness to learn is what most people should strive for.
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crimsonalucard 2323 days ago
>Building a team of collaborators with a baseline of technical aptitude and a willingness to learn is what most people should strive for.

What I meant to say is, your philosophy of building teams is for inferior managers. People who cannot perform above the baseline.

Normal and high performing managers always strive for hitting something above the baseline. Not to be insulting, but logically if you think this way than you must be inferior. Just speaking out of pure logic, no malice intended.

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crimsonalucard 2324 days ago
Agreed 100%. I'm talking about above the baseline; the ideal. We are just talking about different aspects of the same thing.

In order to approach the ideal you must have intrinsic knowledge of the baseline as well. Good point.

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