Topic: management

From Ryan Tomayko: One of the things I’m most excited about working at GitHub is the oppor­tunity to take our time and think through orga­ni­zation and process problems from first prin­ciple instead of blindly copying other companies or adopting status quo approaches developed in the last century. We’re beholden to no one except the good people that pay us for our products and that gives us the freedom to build a company opti­mized for deliv­ering the best expe­rience – whatever it takes.

Last year, as GitHub began to grow rapidly, I was promoted to Director of Engi­neering. That makes me a manager of sorts. Gross, right? Actually, it’s turned out not to be very horrible at all. Like most things at GitHub, I was given complete control and encouraged and expected to define the role in whatever way made most sense to me. I want to share some of what I’ve come up with. · Go to Show how, don’t tell what: A management style →