Values

Values help improve decision making. When faced with multiple tough decisions, company or personal values can help find the 'right' decision faster.
My personal values are encoded as rules I try to follow.
Interesting values/principles
​Oxide Principles of Operation​
​Write.as principles​
​Amazon's Leadership Principles​
​Glitch Company values​
​Figma's engineering values​
​Bright Paper​
​On Deck - Operating Principles​
Team values
Commitment, Focus, Courage, Openness & Respect
​Experiment​
Give space for team to focus
Prioritize (Ability to say no)
Courage to be wrong (I don't understand).
Courage to try (fail & learn)
Open to evaluation
Call things out
Respect each other
Respect the product & the customers
Respect the decisions of the team
Notes
​Adversity is an opportunity to show great character. Bad things are good things in disguise.​
Links
​List of Questions to consider evaluating culture​
​Key Values - Find engineering teams that share your values.
​What Are the React Team Principles? (2019) (HN)
​Cultural Fit - Collaborative list of corporate culture traits.
​A Hierarchy of Engineering Values (HN)
​4 month at Buildkite (2020) - Amazing account of benefits at a company.
​Values Are the Rules You Break (2020)​
​Designing a Culture of Reinvention (2020)​
​Working at Stripe experience​
​What Working At Stripe Has Been Like (2020) (HN)
​Mission Protocol (HN) (Ostrich Protocol)
​My Engineering Values (2020)​
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Interesting values/principles
Team values
Notes
Links