In 2020, we had a new director of engineering join for developer platform. And she really introduced this theme of developer first. It was kind of a banner that was repeated over and over again in different all hands at different levels. The mindset that our core purpose here is to deliver a customer value. You want to build a great product for your customers and let word of mouth sell it for you as opposed to hey, this is what we're using now.
In this episode, Willie Yao, Head of Infrastructure at Notion and former Head of Developer Infrastructure at Airbnb, provides a unique perspective on how Developer Experience teams work in hypergrowth companies. He shares how Airbnb developed a customer-first mindset internally, what it took to get Airbnb’s leadership invested in that effort, and how he’s approaching DevEx at Notion today.