In a previous post, I described the importance of keeping teams independent. Is there a downside to this approach? One drawback of fostering independent teams is that the product can look inconsistent or even somewhat messy to the end-user. It does not necessarily mean the product or feature will be of poor quality, but it […]
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IndeedEng Culture: Make Better Mistakes
In the previous post, I described the importance of keeping teams independent. In this post, I talk about how Indeed encourages teams to turn mistakes into learning. In most organizations, mistakes are never part of the plan. Plans are always designed to succeed. Plans never contain a chapter for “what if we are totally wrong about […]
IndeedEng Culture: Keep Teams Independent
Editor’s note: Five years ago we launched this blog to talk about the technology we work on every day. Since then, we’ve grown more than ten times and continue to build the software that makes Indeed the #1 job site worldwide. To celebrate, we’re proud to host a week-long series of posts by Indeed Engineering […]