Keeping People

Tech companies do a generally poor job at keeping employees from leaving.

There are plenty of reasons for this: competing offers, unhappiness, and just generally itchy feet. Because of this, sometimes it's difficult to focus on building a strong culture of company solidarity, particularly when you're trying to juggle the hundreds of other needs of a growing business.

This is a talk about keeping people.

Transcript

1. keeping people
3. 
4. PEOPLE IS HARD REPLACING
5. 8 PEOPLE IS HARD REPLACING
6. 8 2 WEEKS 2 MONTHS 3 MONTHS PEOPLE IS HARD REPLACING
7. 8 2 WEEKS 2 MONTHS 3 MONTHS NOTICE INTERVIEWS RAMP-UP PERIOD
8. 8 HALF A YEAR TO REPLACE PEOPLE
9. DOESN’T WORRY OUR INDUSTRY ABOUT THIS ENOUGH
10. TODAY: FOUR TRAITS OF GITHUB’S RETENTION
11. TODAY: WORK IS CREATIVE FOUR TRAITS OF GITHUB’S RETENTION
12. TODAY: WORK IS CREATIVE YOUR PRODUCT IS YOUR PRODUCT FOUR TRAITS OF GITHUB’S RETENTION
13. TODAY: WORK IS CREATIVE YOUR PRODUCT IS YOUR PRODUCT ATTACHMENT TO THE UNIQUE FOUR TRAITS OF GITHUB’S RETENTION
14. TODAY: WORK IS CREATIVE YOUR PRODUCT IS YOUR PRODUCT ATTACHMENT TO THE UNIQUE REALLY GOOD HIRING FOUR TRAITS OF GITHUB’S RETENTION
15. WORK IS CREATIVE
16. BURNOUT
17. LET PEOPLE FLOAT BETWEEN JOBS
18. LET PEOPLE FLOAT BETWEEN JOBS
19. LET PEOPLE FLOAT BETWEEN JOBS I’M ON JOB #5 AT GITHUB
20. LET PEOPLE FLOAT BETWEEN JOBS MOVES POSITION UNHAPPINESS OFF THE TABLE
21. LET PEOPLE FLOAT BETWEEN JOBS SHORT-TERM: SMALL HACKS, NEW PROJECTS, LEARNING
22. LET PEOPLE FLOAT BETWEEN JOBS LONG-TERM: NEW FOCUS
23. Yo how are you even reading this bro do you even magnifying glasses? Yo how are you even reading this bro do you even magnifying glasses? REDUCE OVERHEAD FOR DOING ANYTHING Yo how are you even reading this bro do you even magnifying glasses? Yo how are you even reading this bro do you even m agnifying glasses? Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even reading this bro do you even m agnifying glasses? Yo how are you even reading this bro do you even m agnifying glasses? Yo how are you even readi Yo how are you even readi
24. REDUCE OVERHEAD FOR DOING ANYTHING Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readi Yo how are you even readi NO ONE LIKES “THE MAN”
25. REDUCE OVERHEAD FOR DOING ANYTHING Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readi Yo how are you even readi CODE REVIEW: “THE MAN”
26. REDUCE OVERHEAD FOR DOING ANYTHING Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readi Yo how are you even readi DESIGN REVIEW: “THE MAN”
27. REDUCE OVERHEAD FOR DOING ANYTHING Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readi Yo how are you even readi MEETINGS: “THE MAN”
28. REDUCE OVERHEAD FOR DOING ANYTHING Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readi Yo how are you even readi FROM UP HIGH: “THE MAN” DIRECTIVES
29. REDUCE OVERHEAD FOR DOING ANYTHING Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readi Yo how are you even readi FRICTION IS FRUSTRATING
30. REDUCE OVERHEAD FOR DOING ANYTHING Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readi Yo how are you even readi AUTOMATE AWAY THE TEDIOUS
31. HIRE WHO FRUSTRATE EASILY PEOPLE Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readin Yo how are you even readi Yo how are you even readi
32. YOUR PRODUCT IS YOUR PRODUCT
33. ALWAYS OWN THE PRODUCT hereby it i declared that thing were declared
34. ALWAYS OWN THE PRODUCT GOOD PEOPLE LIKE FEELING IN CHARGE
35. ALWAYS OWN THE PRODUCT BOOTSTRAPPING GOOD VC TERMS BEING PROFITABLE
36. ALWAYS OWN THE PRODUCT NOT BEING FORCED TO MAKE POOR PRODUCT DECISIONS
37. “IF”S ARE LIES $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
38. “IF”S ARE LIES $ $ $ MOST USERS ARE IDIOTS
39. “IF”S ARE LIES $ $ $ I’LL USE YOUR PRODUCT IF YOU ADD MY FEATURE “ ”
40. “IF”S ARE LIES $ $ $ THEY WON’T.
41. “IF”S ARE LIES $ $ $ OR THEY WILL ANYWAY.
42. “IF”S ARE LIES $ $ $ THIS DILUTES THE PRODUCT
43. “IF”S ARE LIES $ $ $ THIS MAKES PEOPLE LESS HAPPY ABOUT WORKING ON IT
44. WOOF DOG- FOODING WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF
45. WOOF DOG- FOODING WOOF WOOF WOOF STUFF YOU USE BUILDING MEANS RECURSIVE HAPPINESS
46. WOOF DOG- FOODING WOOF WOOF WOOF TO RECRUIT EASIER
47. WOOF DOG- FOODING WOOF WOOF WOOF TO BUILD EASIER
48. ATTACHMENT TO THE UNIQUE
49. GOOD PEOPLE INTERESTING STICK AROUND FOR REASONS
50. GOOD PEOPLE INTERESTING STICK AROUND FOR REASONS HERE’S A FEW OF OURS
51. THE MUSIC ⽄ ⽄ ̇ ♪
52. THE TRAVEL
53. THE CHAT 
54. WHAT ARE YOUR INTERESTING REASONS?
55. WHAT ARE YOUR INTERESTING REASONS? HINT: IT’S NOT FREE COKES OR XBOX OR PING-PONG
56. REALLY GOOD HIRING
57. YEAH, HIRE A-PLAYERS AND ALL THAT JUNK
58. YEAH, HIRE A-PLAYERS AND ALL THAT JUNK THERE ARE A LOT OF A-PLAYERS THOUGH
59. HIRE HACKERS OPEN SOURCE
60. HIRE HACKERS OPEN SOURCE SEE THEIR WORK EASY TO
61. HIRE HACKERS OPEN SOURCE SOLVE THEIR THEY OWN PROBLEMS
62. HIRE SLOWLY
63. HIRE SLOWLY GITHUB WAS <10 FOR 2.5 YEARS
64. HIRE SLOWLY QUICK HIRING GENERATES CONFUSION
65. keeping people
66. keeping people REALLY MATTERS
67. keeping people REALLY MATTERS EVERYTHING FLOWS FROM PEOPLE
68. keeping people REALLY MATTERS EVERYTHING FLOWS FROM PEOPLE BUILD GOOD CULTURE
69. THANKS WOOF