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Rich Lafferty (PagerDuty)

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Value of Context in Engineering Culture

The presence of comments in a proposal or document is crucial in engineering cultures to understand decisions and objections. High context culture relies on oral traditions and communication with people to understand processes, while low context culture emphasizes the clarity of documentation and individual understanding. In high growth companies with frequent turnovers, maintaining a balance between high and low context cultures is essential.

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