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WORKS
NO LONGER
HOW GITHUB
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BUILDING A
STARTUP
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HIRE TRENDY
ROCK STARS
STEP #1
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STEP #2
BE SUPER
TRANSPARENT
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WRITE
TECH POSTS
STEP #3
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STEP #4
SPEAK AT
CONFERENCES
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STEP #5
ROLL AROUND
IN MONEY
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STEP #6
HIRE LOTS
OF PEOPLE
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STEP #7
NEVER
SPEAK AGAIN
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STEP #8
IGNORE THE
COMMUNITY
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STEP #9
CASH OUT
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STEP #10
START ANOTHER
COMPANY
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THIS IS STUPID
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MILLIONS OF TALKS
ABOUT 1-PERSON
COMPANIES
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THOUSANDS OF TALKS
ABOUT 10-PERSON
COMPANIES
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HUNDREDS OF TALKS
ABOUT 100-PERSON
COMPANIES
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HARDLY ANY TALKS
ABOUT 1000-PERSON
COMPANIES
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GITHUB AIN’T NO
SECRETIVE JERK
COMPANY
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ZACHHOLMAN
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GITHUBBER
FOR ALMOST
FOUR YEARS
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I’VE TALKED
GITHUB FOR
TWO YEARS
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TALKS CIRCA
30-75 EMPLOYEES
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WE’RE
NOW
217
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DUNBAR’S
NUMBER
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DUNBAR’S NUMBER
AN IMAGINARY EMPLOYEE NUMBER
THAT HACKER NEWS FETISHIZES
WILL KILL YOUR COMPANY
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DUNBAR’S NUMBER
PROPOSED MAXIMUM LIMIT OF
RELATIONSHIPS A HUMAN CAN
MEANINGFULLY MAINTAIN
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DUNBAR’S NUMBER
150-ISH
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150 CHANGES THINGS
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HOW
GITHUB
WORKED
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HOW
GITHUB
WORKS
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THE
PARTS THAT
CHANGED ARE
FASCINATING
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THE
PARTS THAT
CHANGED ARE
FASCINATING
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TWO-MINUTE
RECAP
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60% REMOTE
GITHUB IS
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ASYNCHRONOUS
GITHUB IS
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GITHUB HAS
NO MANAGERS
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DEPLOYS
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DEPLOYMENTS
GOT SIMPLER
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RARELY DEPLOY TO
INDIVIDUAL SERVERS
OR SUBSETS
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PRODUCTION
A STAFF SERVER
IN PRODUCTION
OR
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STAGING
ENVIRONMENTS ARE
THE FIRST TO DECAY
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FEWER DEPLOYMENT
TARGETS LEAD TO
SIMPLER DEPLOY LINES
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HUBOT WHERE CAN I DEPLOY
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HUBOT WHERE CAN I DEPLOY
PRODUCTION: UNLOCKED
LOCKED BY MDO 42 MINUTES AGO
STAFF1:
STAFF2: UNLOCKED
STAFF3: UNLOCKED
STAFF4: LOCKED BY MUAN 5 MINUTES AGO
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DEPLOYMENTS
GOT WAYYYYY MORE
STAFF-SHIPPED
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MOST FEATURES ARE
STAFF-SHIPPED FOR
WEEKS OR MONTHS
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WE MOSTLY STOPPED
USING EXTERNAL
BETA TESTERS
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MORE TEAM-SHIPPING
VS. STAFF-SHIPPING
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MORE TEAM-SHIPPING
VS. STAFF-SHIPPING
(2FA SHIPS TO @GITHUB/2FA FIRST, ETC.)
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PEOPLE
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GET IN THEIR
WAY MORE
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KEEP INFORMATION
ACCESSIBLE BUT
INDOCTRINATE LONGER
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HARDER TO
ACCLIMATE TO
LARGER COMPANIES
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YOU STILL HAVE
A BUDDY YOUR
FIRST WEEK
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WE’RE EXPLORING
LONGER BUDDY
RELATIONSHIPS
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THIS LET PEOPLE
FOCUS ON WORK
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THE DRAWBACK?
REDUCED FEEDBACK.
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IMPOSTOR
SYNDROME
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EVEN HARDER FOR
REMOTE WORKERS
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LONGER BUDDYING,
MORE HANGOUTS,
MORE MEATSPACE VISITS
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MADE IT TO 199
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PEOPLE LEAVE, BUT
MINIMIZING IS STILL
SUPER IMPORTANT
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MONEY
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FUNDING SOMEHOW
LENDS LEGITIMACY
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SUDDENLY BIG
MEDIA COVERED US
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SUDDENLY
TECHCRUNCH HAD A
GITHUB WRITER
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SUDDENLY IT WAS
EASIER TO LEASE
OFFICE SPACE
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THE TECH
INDUSTRY
IS CRAZY
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BOOTSTRAPPING WAS
THE KEY FOUNDATION
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ORGANIZATION
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TEAMS BECAME
MORE IMPORTANT
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EVERYONE
HAS OPINIONS
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DRIVE-BY
OPINIONS ARE
LESS VALUABLE
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TEAM MENTIONS ARE
GREAT FILTERS
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@GITHUB/DESIGN
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@GITHUB/OPS
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@GITHUB/TECHNO
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PEOPLE LEAVE
TEAMS IF THEY
AREN’T ACTIVE
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SAME RATIONALE TO
TEAM-SHIP VS.
STAFF-SHIP
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PROTECTS AGAINST
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK
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NOW HAVE 153
CHAT ROOMS
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ROOMS ARE CHEAP
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MORE ROOMS,
HIGHER SIGNAL TO NOISE
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( I IDLE IN 5 )
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STILL NO MANAGERS,
STILL EVERYONE A MANAGER
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SOME TEAMS HAVE A PRP
(PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE PERSON)
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PROVIDES VISION WHILE
STILL FOCUSED ON CODE
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PREFERENCE TOWARDS
SMALLER TEAMS
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1-2 DEVELOPERS
1-2 DESIGNERS
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MORE RESOURCES FOR
REMOTE EXPERIENCES
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DINKY LITTLE
ARDUINO MOTION-
TRACKING KINECT
VIDEO CAPTURE
THREE-PERSON
TEAM DEDICATED
TO STREAMING AND
SERVING VIDEO CONTENT
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REMOTE WORK
REQUIRES
MORE WORK
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FORMAL EVENTS
ARE EASY
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INFORMAL
CONVERSATIONS
ARE HARD
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EXPERIMENTING
WITH MORE INFORMAL
APPROACHES
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ROBOT IPADS, FACELETTE,
PERSISTENT 2-WAY STREAMS
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HINDSIGHT
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BUILD WEBSITES
LIKE IT’S 2005
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OUR TECH STACK
SHRINKS AS WE AGE
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FEWER TRENDY
LANGUAGES AND
DATABASES
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YOUR PRODUCT SHOULD
BE CUTTING EDGE, NOT
YOUR TECH
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STABILITY IS SEXY
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RESIST DOING
SHIT JUST
TO DO SHIT
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WE’VE DONE A GOOD JOB AT
REMAINING SKEPTICAL
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“WE’RE BIG NOW SO I GUESS
WE SHOULD ADD TEAMS”
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TEAMS TOOK ALMOST A
YEAR TO FINALLY WORK
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THAT’S COOL
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YOUR COMPANY
SHOULD
CHANGE, DAMMIT
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YOUR VALUES SHOULDN’T
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THINK ON WHAT
NEEDS TO CHANGE
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