The jet engine factory with no middle managers

fastcompany.com

8 pointsluckystrike3 comments

...did they all get sucked in? "Man, I TOLD my direct report not to stand in front of that thing when I turned it on..."

Now - where is the software company that works like this? Does anybody know one?

This article is actually an offshoot from the post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=287570

Fog Creek Software tried to model itself on this company, but as Joel pointed out, it did not really work out 'that' well.