28 Nov 2009

Scott Adams Blog: The Bad Management Stimulus 11/25/2009

I wonder if one if the prime drivers for entrepreneurship is bad management.  I have to think that bad management pushes a lot of capable people out of their day jobs, and those people go on to become entrepreneurs.

Imagine a world where managers always recognized and rewarded their most capable people. It would be hard for a rational employee to leave a great job for a ten percent chance of creating something even greater. But leaving a boss who is Satan's learning-challenged little brother is relatively easy.  And if the general economy isn't serving up wonderful job opportunities at other companies (thanks in part to bad management) then you can see why people gravitate toward starting their own companies.

I think that on the whole, it's much more profitable if one works at what one is good at. If I go it alone, I have to be good at all job roles at once. As it is, working in a company, I can specialise.