How GitHub (no longer) Works

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1. WORKS NO LONGER HOW GITHUB ( )

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3. BUILDING A STARTUP

4. HIRE TRENDY ROCK STARS STEP #1

5. STEP #2 BE SUPER TRANSPARENT

6. WRITE TECH POSTS STEP #3

7. STEP #4 SPEAK AT CONFERENCES

8. STEP #5 ROLL AROUND IN MONEY

9. STEP #6 HIRE LOTS OF PEOPLE

10. STEP #7 NEVER SPEAK AGAIN

11. STEP #8 IGNORE THE COMMUNITY

12. STEP #9 CASH OUT

13. STEP #10 START ANOTHER COMPANY

14. THIS IS STUPID

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16. MILLIONS OF TALKS ABOUT 1-PERSON COMPANIES

17. THOUSANDS OF TALKS ABOUT 10-PERSON COMPANIES

18. HUNDREDS OF TALKS ABOUT 100-PERSON COMPANIES

19. HARDLY ANY TALKS ABOUT 1000-PERSON COMPANIES

20. GITHUB AIN’T NO SECRETIVE JERK COMPANY

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22. ZACHHOLMAN

23. GITHUBBER FOR ALMOST FOUR YEARS

24. I’VE TALKED GITHUB FOR TWO YEARS

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29. TALKS CIRCA 30-75 EMPLOYEES

30. WE’RE
 NOW 217

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32. DUNBAR’S NUMBER

33. DUNBAR’S NUMBER AN IMAGINARY EMPLOYEE NUMBER THAT HACKER NEWS FETISHIZES

    WILL KILL YOUR COMPANY

34. DUNBAR’S NUMBER PROPOSED MAXIMUM LIMIT OF RELATIONSHIPS A HUMAN CAN

    MEANINGFULLY MAINTAIN

35. DUNBAR’S NUMBER 150-ISH

36. 150 CHANGES THINGS

37. HOW GITHUB WORKED

38. HOW GITHUB WORKS

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40. THE PARTS THAT CHANGED ARE FASCINATING

41. THE PARTS THAT CHANGED ARE FASCINATING

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43. TWO-MINUTE RECAP

44. 60% REMOTE GITHUB IS

45. ASYNCHRONOUS GITHUB IS

46. GITHUB HAS NO MANAGERS

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48. DEPLOYS

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50. DEPLOYMENTS GOT SIMPLER

51. RARELY DEPLOY TO INDIVIDUAL SERVERS OR SUBSETS

52. PRODUCTION A STAFF SERVER IN PRODUCTION OR

53. STAGING ENVIRONMENTS ARE THE FIRST TO DECAY

54. FEWER DEPLOYMENT TARGETS LEAD TO SIMPLER DEPLOY LINES

55. HUBOT WHERE CAN I DEPLOY

56. 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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58. DEPLOYMENTS GOT WAYYYYY MORE STAFF-SHIPPED

59. MOST FEATURES ARE STAFF-SHIPPED FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS

60. WE MOSTLY STOPPED USING EXTERNAL BETA TESTERS

61. MORE TEAM-SHIPPING VS. STAFF-SHIPPING

62. MORE TEAM-SHIPPING VS. STAFF-SHIPPING (2FA SHIPS TO @GITHUB/2FA FIRST, ETC.)

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64. PEOPLE

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67. GET IN THEIR WAY MORE

68. KEEP INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE BUT INDOCTRINATE LONGER

69. HARDER TO ACCLIMATE TO LARGER COMPANIES

70. YOU STILL HAVE A BUDDY YOUR FIRST WEEK

71. WE’RE EXPLORING LONGER BUDDY RELATIONSHIPS

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73. THIS LET PEOPLE FOCUS ON WORK

74. THE DRAWBACK? REDUCED FEEDBACK.

75. IMPOSTOR SYNDROME

76. EVEN HARDER FOR REMOTE WORKERS

77. LONGER BUDDYING, MORE HANGOUTS, MORE MEATSPACE VISITS

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79. MADE IT TO 199

80. PEOPLE LEAVE, BUT MINIMIZING IS STILL SUPER IMPORTANT

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85. MONEY

86. FUNDING SOMEHOW LENDS LEGITIMACY

87. SUDDENLY BIG MEDIA COVERED US

88. SUDDENLY TECHCRUNCH HAD A GITHUB WRITER

89. SUDDENLY IT WAS EASIER TO LEASE OFFICE SPACE

90. THE TECH INDUSTRY IS CRAZY

91. BOOTSTRAPPING WAS THE KEY FOUNDATION

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93. ORGANIZATION

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95. TEAMS BECAME MORE IMPORTANT

96. EVERYONE HAS OPINIONS

97. DRIVE-BY OPINIONS ARE LESS VALUABLE

98. TEAM MENTIONS ARE GREAT FILTERS

99. @GITHUB/DESIGN

100. @GITHUB/OPS

101. @GITHUB/TECHNO

102. PEOPLE LEAVE TEAMS IF THEY AREN’T ACTIVE

103. SAME RATIONALE TO TEAM-SHIP VS. STAFF-SHIP

104. PROTECTS AGAINST NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

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106. NOW HAVE 153 CHAT ROOMS

107. ROOMS ARE CHEAP

108. MORE ROOMS, HIGHER SIGNAL TO NOISE

109. ( I IDLE IN 5 )

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111. STILL NO MANAGERS, STILL EVERYONE A MANAGER

112. SOME TEAMS HAVE A PRP (PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE PERSON)

113. PROVIDES VISION WHILE STILL FOCUSED ON CODE

114. PREFERENCE TOWARDS SMALLER TEAMS

115. 1-2 DEVELOPERS 1-2 DESIGNERS

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117. MORE RESOURCES FOR REMOTE EXPERIENCES

118. DINKY LITTLE
 ARDUINO MOTION- TRACKING KINECT
 VIDEO CAPTURE THREE-PERSON TEAM

     DEDICATED TO STREAMING AND SERVING VIDEO CONTENT
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120. REMOTE WORK REQUIRES MORE WORK

121. FORMAL EVENTS ARE EASY

122. INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS ARE HARD

123. EXPERIMENTING WITH MORE INFORMAL APPROACHES

124. ROBOT IPADS, FACELETTE, PERSISTENT 2-WAY STREAMS

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126. HINDSIGHT

127. BUILD WEBSITES LIKE IT’S 2005 “

128. OUR TECH STACK SHRINKS AS WE AGE

129. FEWER TRENDY LANGUAGES AND DATABASES

130. YOUR PRODUCT SHOULD BE CUTTING EDGE, NOT YOUR TECH

131. STABILITY IS SEXY

132. RESIST DOING SHIT JUST TO DO SHIT

133. WE’VE DONE A GOOD JOB AT REMAINING SKEPTICAL

134. “WE’RE BIG NOW SO I GUESS WE SHOULD ADD TEAMS”

135. TEAMS TOOK ALMOST A YEAR TO FINALLY WORK

136. THAT’S COOL

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138. YOUR COMPANY SHOULD CHANGE, DAMMIT

139. YOUR VALUES SHOULDN’T

140. THINK ON WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE

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