I’ve never heard someone called The Wolf in this regard. I assume it’s mean to be an allusion to Pulp Fiction.
In my experience though, people like this are not good long term. The “wolves” I have met tend to have a longer negative effect because they resist pushing the system past what they have done and know.
I think rands invents his own terminology. It’s not expected to be popular.
At a previous job, the boss was terminally afraid of “success through individual heroics” and spent considerable effort snuffing out all wolf like activity, to the considerable detriment of the team and product.
I think small teams (at small companies) are almost wolf like by definition, and even larger companies should be able to absorb a few without terrible consequences. Stick them on one man prototype teams. An obsession with doing it right eventually paralyzes many large teams from doing it at all.
I’ve never heard someone called The Wolf in this regard. I assume it’s mean to be an allusion to Pulp Fiction.
In my experience though, people like this are not good long term. The “wolves” I have met tend to have a longer negative effect because they resist pushing the system past what they have done and know.
I think rands invents his own terminology. It’s not expected to be popular.
At a previous job, the boss was terminally afraid of “success through individual heroics” and spent considerable effort snuffing out all wolf like activity, to the considerable detriment of the team and product.
I think small teams (at small companies) are almost wolf like by definition, and even larger companies should be able to absorb a few without terrible consequences. Stick them on one man prototype teams. An obsession with doing it right eventually paralyzes many large teams from doing it at all.
Doubt this is referring to “Winston Wolf” from Pulp Fiction. I think “Winston Wolf” is more like the “The Hero”, as al3x described here:
https://al3x.net/2010/01/09/dont-be-a-hero.html