There’s a literal version of this and a deep thoughts version. A middling one which is underconsidered: bathrooms are a proof-of-work. So much has to be right about an organization to deliver a clean bathroom consistently. *Anyone* can instantly assess success 99.8% accurately.https://twitter.com/bendhalpern/status/1021904966028414977 …
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In software companies, examples include employee on boarding, an orderly monthly close, probably literally bathroom cleanliness, and how long it takes to recover from a failed laptop.
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Having been a part of a company that couldn’t keep a bathroom clean and then morphed over ~1 year to doing it consistently... This is a very good gauge to look at. Certainly not the only one, but one to look at nonetheless.
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1 year ago: poor bathroom conditions, no reimbursement policy, took 4 days to recover from dead laptop. Today: above average cleanliness, reimbursement policy that is super easy, takes 4 hours to recover from dead laptop.
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1 year ago: onboarding engineer was a 2 week process with no guarantees they got access to everything they needed, and no reasonable expectation of code in prod beyond “first month” Last month: 3 days, code in prod.
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I might have to write a blog post about all this now...
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