Culture
Creating Culture: An Imperfect Recipe
The reason I like this post so much is that Andy Dunn doesn't try to carefully navigate in the "gray area". He makes some statements and explains the reasoning behind each one, based on things that helped him build a successful company. For example, his test on checking for the candidate's passion for the company's mission by offering slightly less salary and double the equity is a great signal. If you're short on time, I highly recommend reading the section "Give the company away".
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How Gumroad Has Grown It’s Customer Base With A Lean Engineering Team
Great interview with the Gumroad engineering team. Check out the 3 questions they ask for every feature they're developing. Being a versatile Engineer is not only about the technology stack you're using, it's also about your curiosity to figure out how to build better products and help the company win.
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To Standup or Not to Standup
Should you do daily standups? Jeff Ma shares the struggles of running a daily standup at his company. I've shared the same experience in my past, taking a lot of iterations on those 10-15 minutes until we found something that works for us. "Over the years I have found that getting a team to talk and communicate daily is paramount to productivity – however, the platform of communication isn’t important." — Figure out what works out best for you.
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