460 pages
English language
Published April 7, 2020 by Diversified Publishing.
Really good stuff explaining the Netflix culture and how you can step your way into that system gradually. And when you shouldn’t.
The only problems with this book are that it’s too repetitive and Netflix spends a bit too much time tooting it’s own horn. Yep, we get it…you’re super awesome, you have all these awards. That’s not the horse you need to beat to death.
In my experience the book doesn’t over big revelations. You could summarize the content as: Hire smart people and let them do their job. The rest ist justifying this thesis with anecdotal evidence and some cross references to other books and other companies in the area.
Nevertheless I liked reading the book and also hearing many stories about a company like Netflix is dealing with certain things.
I would have loved if the authors elaborated more how they identify the top talents they are referring to so often. How they judge, whether their talents fail to delivery because they are not as awesome as hoped they are, or whether they are just a victim of bad circumstances?
In my experience the book doesn’t over big revelations. You could summarize the content as: Hire smart people and let them do their job. The rest ist justifying this thesis with anecdotal evidence and some cross references to other books and other companies in the area.
Nevertheless I liked reading the book and also hearing many stories about a company like Netflix is dealing with certain things.
I would have loved if the authors elaborated more how they identify the top talents they are referring to so often. How they judge, whether their talents fail to delivery because they are not as awesome as hoped they are, or whether they are just a victim of bad circumstances?
Just another example of a rat race company philosophy.
Book drags on with far too many examples, though that seems to be the latest fashion in these kind of ‘business succes’ books. Maybe humanity really has become brain-fried by endless internet use, and this is the only way to get through?
