Lessons Learned The Hard Way - Scrum Gathering 2016

Job: Software Developer @ Shitify.ioCome join a team of the best <hyped_tech_here> devs ever. At Shitify we’re disrupting the shit industry by making shit happen.

You: 5 years exp in a 2 yr old stack, scaled to millions, communication skills, deadlines, teamwork, …..

Salary according to experience

Gym membership

Travel to conferences

New MacBook Pro with TouchBar!

Monthly team drinks

Continuous growth

Office with ping-pong, pool, swimming pool, dog trainers, meditation area, pilates balls, 99 other incredible perks no-

one ever uses

Work anytime you want (daily meetings at 10:00)

Remote work (did we mention our office?)

Location: San Francisco, CA

Diving into Personal Development

Safety first

Extreme autonomy

Focused on growth

Transparency

Fun

Fair

#1 Hiring: slow (*)

Take as long as it takes, don’t hire “meh”s

Focus on what they can bring, not what they lack

Be brutally honest about your problems challenges

Give them a REAL problem to solve over a few days

Interact using your tools and processes

#2 Firing: fast

Don’t bring the team down

Try to make it a team decision

It always pays off

#3 Onboarding: critical

How would you like to be welcomed?

Success depends on this

Start with customer support

Create an onboarding tool / handbook

#4 Quitters = raving fans

“I’ll be back”

Source of business, people, etc…

Keep them involved (parties, chat, …)

#4 Get rid of toxic people

One person can destroy a team

Just do it. Now.

#5 Underlying principles

#6 Kill reviews.

Implement regular team feedback sessions

Provide a safe environment

Learn to read people

Focus on metrics

Expose your vulnerabilities

#7 Autonomy and Empowerment

Doesn’t mean “Drop me in the Jungle”

Crystal clear goals, purpose and “rules”

Encourage team experiments (processes, tools, etc…)\

Even when you *know* they’ll fail

#8 Remote + Hours

1 person remote = all company behaves remote

Remote is NOT work from home

Async communication

More frequent check-ins

Remote is a mindset

#9 Transparency (incl. Salaries)

“Default to transparency” (Buffer)

Some people can’t handle transparency

Kill badmouthing immediately – speak

Even if you don’t have all the answers

Grow or fire them, never, ever, ever, try to soften their pains

Focus on positive things – gratitude, growth, …

#10 Treat everyone like theresponsible adult they are

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