Exactly. The fun is in dealing with reality, not stereotypes. Life would be so much simpler (and boring) if everyone fit nicely in a little box.
At least in startup mode, where you obsess daily, hourly and minutely (?) about everything: should I fire John? Is John the best producer I ever had? But John just did something amazing yesterday, he saved the day. John is being a pain today. Had lunch with John, what a great guy.
You have to constantly look at the trees, look at the forest, and make choices. Tactical and strategic.
It's the same as parenting by the way. It's easy to read a book and see that by age 2, you should treat you kid in such and such fashion. Great, high-level advice. Except you interact with your kid constantly. When you're in a good mood and when you are not. We are back to tactical and strategy.
Bottom line: hire engineers who have great kids :-)
At least in startup mode, where you obsess daily, hourly and minutely (?) about everything: should I fire John? Is John the best producer I ever had? But John just did something amazing yesterday, he saved the day. John is being a pain today. Had lunch with John, what a great guy.
You have to constantly look at the trees, look at the forest, and make choices. Tactical and strategic.
It's the same as parenting by the way. It's easy to read a book and see that by age 2, you should treat you kid in such and such fashion. Great, high-level advice. Except you interact with your kid constantly. When you're in a good mood and when you are not. We are back to tactical and strategy.
Bottom line: hire engineers who have great kids :-)