Culture Working Remote-First: Do the best work of your career I'm working this week from the side of a volcano in Arenal, Costa Rica, as an experiment to push the boundaries of remote-first work. I'll be working from various spots in Costa Rica
founders Tech CEOs: Become a D&I Accomplice, Not Just an Ally The term "D&I" has become a hot phrase in Silicon Valley, as companies strive to create a workforce that's a better reflection of our communities. However, I find that Diversity and
founders Creating an Open Source Culture Armory is commercializing the open source project Spinnaker, making it a "COSS" company. As Joseph Jacks puts it: COSS companies are fundamentally different from all other kinds of companies. Why? They create value
founders Counteracting the HiPPO problem with a Roundabout culture. There's a really interesting comment thread happening over in Hacker News right now, about a decision Gitlab made (and then reversed) to require users to accept telemetry in their offering without any option
B2B Execs and Managers: An Engineer's perspective on Roundabout Culture Last night, I was in a Lyft with Brandon, one of Armory's engineers. For the past few months, Armory has had a very strong focus on creating a "Roundabout" vs. "Stoplight" culture. I
