Oxide and Friends Cultural Idiosyncrasies
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Apr 3, 2024 Steve Klabnik, Oxide colleague, joins for a chat on cultural idiosyncrasies at Oxide. Topics include demo Fridays, no-meet Wednesdays, dog-pile debugging, RFDs, and eliminating performance reviews. The conversation touches on engineering culture, remote-friendly features, morning water-cooler meetings, and the value of praise. Additionally, they discuss the transition to a chat-first workplace culture, technology nostalgia, and the challenges of using metrics to assess engineering productivity.
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Demo Differences
- Bryan Cantrill contrasts Oxide's Demo Fridays with another company's demo practices.
- The other company had short, mandatory demos every three weeks, which seemed less effective.
Encourage Demos
- Encourage demos for their own sake, not as a requirement.
- Unstructured demos can create a positive feedback loop and encourage participation.
Demos as Debugging
- Early Oxide demos often turned into group debugging sessions.
- This highlights the supportive and collaborative nature of the team.