How to run hyper distributed companies

On hiring, infrastructure, operations & tools for hyper distributed companies. Slides are from a lightning talk at the WeAreDevelopers conference in 2016.

2. Rich Paret / Director of Engineering at Twitter
“Blossom keeps it simple and lets us focus on the work.
Great integration with Hipchat as well!”
Project Tracking for Distributed Companies

3. ! Hiring
•Great at (async) communication
•GitHub, StackOverflow, mailing lists
•Articles, Quora, FB Groups
•Speaking at meetups, conferences

4. ⛺ Infrastructure
•Connectivity everywhere
•VPN & 2-factor-auth
•Co-working spaces
•Notifications

5. # Operations
•Objectives & key results (OKRs)
•Channel for blockers & questions
•More with fewer parts / people
•Automation & monitoring

6. $ Tools
•Automate (dev) environment, building, hosting, testing
•Pair using Slack / Screenhero
•Code reviews & design reviews
•Try new things

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