Productivity Lessons in Moving from Big Tech to Scaling a Startup.pdf

1、Productivity LessonsMoving from Big Tech to Scaling a StartupRachel Potvin,QConSF,Nov 2024Not having funSomething Different Engflow team meetupDeveloper productivity for startupsMy background1998Startup:ISP&early web tech1999Video games2006Tech consulting2008Google2019GitHub2023SanityStartup Advisor

2、Tech LeadManagerManager of managers500+orgDORAAcquisitionWhat I still believeDORA,SPACE,&DevEx frameworks Organization size vs.Eng efficiency%of dev time wasted correlates with#employees Productivity for StartupsUrgency Teams and Orgs Metrics Planning Experimentation Urgency ARR=annualized recurring

3、 revenue Ambition and Accountability Effective Decision Making Focus and Simplicity Healthy Risk Taking Healthy Risk TakingUrgency Poor work life balanceTeams and orgs Big Tech710 people per teamStartupsSmall/uneven fluid teamsSpecialized roles Flexible rolesStrict system ownershipLooser system owne

4、rshipPeople managersTechnical managersIndividual development focusCompany success focusBackendEMPlatform ServicesEMSDKApp 1EMApp 3App 2App 4EMSDKComputeSRESecurityEMEMEMGrowthDataEMIC ICICPrincipal EngineersRachelSVP EngOperating SystemApplicationsGrowth&DataMetrics Dev Metrics and surveysNumber of

5、buildsPRs MDeveloper Experience Index(DXI)Keep it simple SpeedEffectivenessQualityImpactAvg diffs per devDev Experience Index(DXI)Change failure rate%time spent on new Planning Top down roadmap FTW!6 week cyclesLinear issue statesProduct goals vs.CyclesShaping issueShaping and ExecutionShaping and Execution in PracticeExperimentation Constant evolutionFlexibilityRisk mitigation DevOps ExampleConclusionUrgencyHealthy risk takingTop down roadmaps Experimentation!Rachel PotvinSVP of Engineering,Sanity.ioStartup AdvisorQ&A