A review by madelinesamskey
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson

1.0

The only thing this book had going for it is that the authors are engaging writers. Other than that, there is very little you can practically take away from it unless you are a C-level exec or manager of an extensive team. The rules they set for a calm life are predicated by the fact that their business (Basecamp) is a private subscription SaaS company with no sales team, and they’re the bosses. If you’re at any other model of business, not a VP or CXO, or on a sales team, then you’re subject to external factors that this team apparently isn’t. For me, this was a frustrating read for that reason - but it would definitely be valuable for CXOs everywhere to read. We lower-folk can only hope...