Strong Opinions @marksbirch: Getting Promoted Too Quickly

marksbirch:

bijan:

“He’s a star. Thank god he’s on the team”.

“He’s not scaling, it’s time to find his replacement”.

I’ve heard that line from too many CEOs about someone on their management team.

In a hyper growth company, those two sentences can be just a year or two apart…

I hate the term “scaling” when applied to people.  Companies scale, technologies scale, but that does not really apply in the same sense to people.  It is quite a dehumanizing take on the question of people and the work they do.

Mark has been writing killer posts lately. He summed up perfectly what I wanted to though struggled to articulate about Bijan’s post. Mind you I agree with Bijan’s post, though I too despise the word “scale” when it comes to people. It’s cold. I understand why VCs obsess over scale, they need to. I’m a people person (and certainly not a VC) therefore, I tend to cringe when I hear the word associated with a person’s development.

Read Bijan’s entire post and read Mark’s thoughts on it. Both are great. 

Source: bijan

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    Found this blog while looking at users who share the same tumblr theme as me, followed immediately…. I once found myself...
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    Wise words here from Bijan Sabet; why being an early hire on a growth company staff shouldn’t necessarily translate to a...
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    Mark has been writing killer posts lately. He summed up perfectly what I wanted...though...
  19. buzz said: So true—I’ve seen this a couple of times myself.
  20. jenna said: this is spot on.
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    term “scaling”...applied to people. Companies scale, technologies scale, but that does not...
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    my firm. Very good points made here.
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