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Linear is a startup that punches well above its weight in the speed and quality of shipping, and supporting a large number of customers (10,000+ companies) with a small engineering team (25 devs). I sat down with Linear's first engineering manager, Sabin Roman. Our discussion: https://lnkd.in/ew89pM4a We covered: ? No email. How Linear handles internal communications ? Quality. The “goalie” program to address customer concerns and Linear’s zero bug policy ? Full remote. How Linear keeps teams connected despite working entirely remotely ? Getting stuff done. An in-depth, step-by-step walkthrough of a project at Linear ? Creativity + QA. Linear’s focus on quality and creativity over fast shipping? ? Career ladders. Titles at Linear, Sabin’s learnings from Uber Brought to you thanks to our wonderful sponsors: ?? LaunchDarkly — a platform for high-velocity engineering teams to release, monitor, and optimize great software https://lnkd.in/eAjx6dic ?? Sevalla — Deploy anything from preview environments to Docker images https://lnkd.in/effpqesp ?? WorkOS — The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS https://workos.com/ Watch it on: ? YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ehb4wkGx ? Spotify: https://lnkd.in/eKrwfHnj ? Apple: https://lnkd.in/ezw4bRAa One interesting takeaway I had: Linear has a preference for creativity over process – when the goal is creativity! Linear is intentionally light on engineering processes when they build new products: their goal is to communicate using “principles” rather than “guidebooks.” The company manages to do this thanks to a mix of hiring engineers with strong product skills and still being a small enough company (60 people and 25 engineers at the time of writing). For more insights, read takeaways, or watch the full episode: https://lnkd.in/ew89pM4a
Great principles were mentioned - coming up with those, regardless of how new you are to anything - forces to read, consider, think more deeply and create a narrative. I think it's a fantastic practice to follow.
Possibly my favorite product in the world. Can't wait to watch this! ??
Wow, that's pretty impressive, given the size of the team
Good to see you in action Sabin Roman
Full remote and No email ??
Experienced Software Engineer | Implementing Effective Cloud Solutions
1 天前it's impressive how linear maintains creativity while managing quality. their approach to communication seems quite effective for remote teams too. what stood out the most to you from sabin's insights?