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What I’ve Learned
@vybs
Veena Basavaraj
Wednesday, July 31, 13
Engineering Lead @ LinkedIn
Wednesday, July 31, 13
Since 3 years
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credit http://www.slideshare.net/brettalexwallace
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Even more important
are Culture and
Values
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credit http://www.slideshare.net/brettalexwallace
[In]version
[In]day
[In]cubator
[In]tern
Mentor[in] [In]spire
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2010-11
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What was our
mission?
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#1
Keep the site up and
running
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#2
Growing from
50M to connecting
all the world’s
professionals
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#3
Don’t forget
Site-Speed
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Core value
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Act like a owner
Don’t shy away from technical debt
Leverage - Fewer things done right
[IN]VERSION
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Wednesday, July 31, 13
employee to a valued
engineer
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2011-12
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What was our
mission?
Wednesday, July 31, 13
#1
Growing the team
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#2
Building strong
relationships
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#3
Get inspired
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Core value
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Act like a mentor
Building the team and the culture
getting inspired
collaborate across teams
[IN]TERN
MENTOR[IN]
[IN]DAY
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[IN]days, meet-ups
Wednesday, July 31, 13
Traditions
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Hack [IN] days
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Mentors, Inspiring talks
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engineer to a mentor
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2012-13
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~1000 engineers
> 200 M users
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What was our
mission?
Wednesday, July 31, 13
#1
Deliver Delightful
products, building
value for users
Wednesday, July 31, 13
#2
Engineering
developer delight
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#3
Keep it open and
transparent
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Core value
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Act like a leader
Innovate
Openness and transparency
Take Intelligent Risks
[IN]CUBATOR
[IN]SPIRE
Wednesday, July 31, 13
Wednesday, July 31, 13
Code for Open source
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Evangelizing and build on
open technologies
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mentor to a leader
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Key aspect of loving
what you do everyday
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is self-transformation
Wednesday, July 31, 13
Recap
Don’t shy away from technical debt
Leverage - Fewer things done right
Act like a owner
Building the team and the culture
Act like a mentor
Innovate
Openness and transparency
Take Intelligent Risks
Act like a leader
Wednesday, July 31, 13
Thank you!
Wednesday, July 31, 13

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