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1-Everythingherewasderivedfrommybeliefandpracticefrommy4.5yearsatFacebook.ItworkedfineformewithintheFacebookculture.Thatdoesn'
tmeanitwillworkforyou.Allseedsneedtherightsoil.
2-Iwouldnottrytoconvinceyouthisisthebestpractice.It'
snot.
3-ThereasonIwantedtowritethiswasbecauseIwantedtoshare.Ithelpedmedistillmylifeexperience.ItsimplyreflectswhatIfelt,andwhatIwantedtosharewithyou,inagenuineway.
4-Alotofthesemaynotbeneworusefulatalltosomeofyou,butIhopesomeare.
OK,letthelessonsunfold.
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Holdontoyourvision,butbeflexibleonthedetails
Asaleader,youwillhavetorelyonyourselfonthevision(atleastforthescopeoftheworkyouarechargedfor),andthesewhoworkwithorforyouwillrelyonyouforthevision.Whatisavision?
It'
sadepictionoftheendstate.Itiswhereyouwanttheteamtoland.Itisthenewlifeaftereffort.ItistheNorthStar,thedirection.Hereisanexample.WhenIstartedthepaymentriskteam,weonlyhadrulesengine.Ruleswerehumanwritten.Aruleisasimplelogicwithverylimitedvariablesinit,suchas"
ifregistered<
30daysANDspending>
$100ANDfirst_time_spendingisTRUEANDuserisfromIndonesia,thenrejectthetransaction."
Humanscannotdealwithmorethan10variables,effectively.Wewantedtobemuchmorescalable.Wewantedtoautomatealotofthingsmachinescandobetterthanhumans.Sowesetavisionthatwewouldwanttoreplacemajorityofrulestobemachinelearnedmodels.ThevisionallowedustoaddaresearchengineerwhohasaPhDinmachinelearningandanotherengineerwhohadsimilarhands-onexperiencebeforejoiningFacebook.Thebetwasbold,butthefutureneededit.
Butyouneedtobeflexibleonthedetails.ThereareALWAYSmultiplewaystoreachadestination.Youneedtolearntogiveyourteamenoughwiggleroom,aslongastheteamisheadingtowardstherightdirectionattherightspeed.Anotherstory.TherewasatimeIwasmorefascinatedwithdecisiontreesthanregressions.Buttheengineerwhowasexperimentingonthealgorithmstoldmethere'
sonlynegligibledifferenceinaselectedsetofalgorithms.Icouldhaveinsistedmypreference(whichwasmythentruebelief)butItrustedthepersonandleftittohimtopicktherightalgorithm.Therewerealsointerestingtimesworkingwithdesigners,whohadtheirnitpickytasteonfont/color/margin/etc.Iusuallyletthemhavetheirwaysaslongasthemainpurposeofthefeaturewaswellserved.Wewantedtopicktherightflight,theflightthatmattersforthevictoryofthewar,notonebattle.
2
ONLYworkwiththebestpeople
Greatpeopleonlywanttoworkwithgreatpeople.Theybecomebetterbybeingtogether.A-playershaveverylowtoleranceonB-players.Whatdefines"
bestpeople?
"
Myunderstandingisthatsomeonewhocanquicklyutilizewhats/heknowsandlearnswhats/hedoesn'
ttogetthingsdonetoanextentthatexceedsexpectations.It'
stheirbasicinstincttobeatexpectations,theirownexpectations.Forthem,goodenoughisnevergoodenough.
Therearemanybenefitsofhavingonlythebestpeopleinplace.
1)Itmakesyoumuchmorewillingtodelegate.Frommyexperience,greatpeopledon'
ttrustunfamiliarpeople.Theyneedtoknowyouareasgoodasorevenbetterthanthem,beforeacceptingyourhelp.Otherwise,they'
dratherburnthemselvestodothework.Butifyouhaveprovedtothem,theywouldtrustyoualotandaremuchmorewillingtodelegate.Agreatteamwitheffectivedelegationcandowaymore.
2)Theysetexamplesforeachother,andbydoingsoraisetheperformancebar.It'
samazingpeerpressure.Ifit'
sutilizedproperly,itcreatesbenigncyclesinthecompany.
3)Greatpeoplechallengeeachother.Irememberedonedirectorofengineeringchallengedusthatifwecouldfinishthecodechangestoenablesitetranslationsbyacertaindate,hewoulddyehishairblue.Challengeslikethatmake"
boring"
workmorelikeagame.It'
sfuntobepartofagame.Ofcoursethereweremoreseriouschallenges,andgreatpeoplejustlovechallenges(eitherchallengingothersorge
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