1. Facebook's motto is "move fast and break things". I would prefer if it was "move fast because you have the systems in place to prevent broken things from reaching production".
2. Facebook's new HQ is going to be a single room.
A single. Room.
This is a company run by people who apparently didn't read Peopleware ... if they've even heard of it.
Basically, it's a personality thing. I am mortified by screwing up. That's not a perfect character for business success, I realise. Foolish optimism is the oil of capitalism.
But it's who I am. I suspect I would be deeply uncomfortable with Facebook's culture.
AFAICT Microsoft is the only big name who've really taken Peopleware to heart, right down to borrowing the Santa Teresa Labs idea of cross-shaped buildings (so that every office has a view).
Probably the bit about being mortified about screwing up. It's certainly not an attitude that's going to jive with the majority of the HN audience. Embrace failure, learn from your mistakes, etc.
1. Facebook's motto is "move fast and break things". I would prefer if it was "move fast because you have the systems in place to prevent broken things from reaching production".
2. Facebook's new HQ is going to be a single room.
A single. Room.
This is a company run by people who apparently didn't read Peopleware ... if they've even heard of it.
Basically, it's a personality thing. I am mortified by screwing up. That's not a perfect character for business success, I realise. Foolish optimism is the oil of capitalism.
But it's who I am. I suspect I would be deeply uncomfortable with Facebook's culture.