Comments on: Credit people, debit people http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2008/04/25/credit-people-debit-people/ Niko Nyman's blog on shifting topics. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:12:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Niko http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2008/04/25/credit-people-debit-people/comment-page-1/#comment-124328 Niko Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:47:26 +0000 http://www.nnyman.com/personal/?p=926#comment-124328 <p>My polarization was intentionally very black & white to make the point -- yes, it is very difficult to make the distinction for some people, yet I think there are some people who are constantly thought of as "an expense". Which is totally, horribly wrong, of course.</p> My polarization was intentionally very black & white to make the point — yes, it is very difficult to make the distinction for some people, yet I think there are some people who are constantly thought of as “an expense”. Which is totally, horribly wrong, of course.

]]> By: Tommi Vilkamo http://www.nnyman.com/personal/2008/04/25/credit-people-debit-people/comment-page-1/#comment-124308 Tommi Vilkamo Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:21:24 +0000 http://www.nnyman.com/personal/?p=926#comment-124308 <p>Niko, I'm sure the "silly savings" thing, the kind that resembles pissing to your pants to make you warm in the winter, is commonplace across the planet. But dividing people into those who make money and those who spend it is (at least in the company I work for) hugely artificial - up to the point of being nonsense. In most cases, you just can't make this distinction anymore. At least I couldn't classify >90% of my coworkers.</p> <p>But also, I claim that it is often impossible to calculate the true value of an individual worker. Say, if you have a team of 10 people, each indispensable, producing $1M as a team. Is a team member worth $1M or $0.1M? Beats me.</p> Niko, I’m sure the “silly savings” thing, the kind that resembles pissing to your pants to make you warm in the winter, is commonplace across the planet. But dividing people into those who make money and those who spend it is (at least in the company I work for) hugely artificial – up to the point of being nonsense. In most cases, you just can’t make this distinction anymore. At least I couldn’t classify >90% of my coworkers.

But also, I claim that it is often impossible to calculate the true value of an individual worker. Say, if you have a team of 10 people, each indispensable, producing $1M as a team. Is a team member worth $1M or $0.1M? Beats me.

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