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We do, but that seems like a fairly off-topic comment in this case, since this is an article about software companies...

What I also know is he's a pretty terrible writer - Ender's Game is fantastic, but the sequels are progressively worse and worse in a horrifying fashion that boggles the mind until you realise that OSC is someone who has a very, very basic understanding (or lack thereof) of human relationships and politics... Makes one think that Ender's Game was a bit of a fluke.

But that's totally off-topic.



The reason why people don't pick up on Card's shit writing while reading Enders Game is because in Enders Game he substitutes "actually writing complex characters that develop as the story progresses" with "child characters who merely become less foolish as the story progresses". It is a surprisingly common cop-out, making a character a child is a great way to disguise the fact that they only grow in one dimension.


I didn't even think Eder's Game was great or anything. Just an ok SF story. Now, reading your argument, it makes sense. Back in my mind I was probably thinking "What's so great about these little kids learning some shit and growing a couple of years?"


It seems pretty on topic to question advice about people management from someone who you think has a poor grasp on how people work.


> Makes one think that Ender's Game was a bit of a fluke.

Ender's Game was about as bad as the rest on that count...




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