I read this great post titled “When I grow up I’d like to be more like a start up” on one of my favorite sites: Made by Many. It’s an interesting read about how traditional agencies got rid of all the “makers”— and how they need to change and act more like start ups (autonomy, engineers at the top, etc.) or be surpassed by the tech companies who could replace agency relevancy (hello! Foursquare).

Traditional agencies would love to bring some of these uber-makers inside the castle walls – but how’s that going to work? Unless agencies can find some way of giving these start-up punks some skin in the game, what’s in it for them? Why would they? They don’t need agencies, because they’re busy replacing them.

What do you think of this argument? If you were starting out in your career—who would you rather work for?