> I'm really curious if github's culture is the cause of their success or a result of it.
If I had to bet on one of those choices, I'd say the culture is the cause, not the result. But, if I had another choice, I'd say probably neither. Because "success" is a complex formula containing many components, one of which is no doubt culture.
Github has an awesome culture because they want to have an awesome culture. It is not the cause nor the result of their success. I think the core value from which all other things stem is simply, to build. IMO that's a value, more than a characteristic, of their culture.
The fact that their company is also successful was no doubt helped by these things (and certainly validates their approach to running a company), but, as Holman hints at in the slides, there is no recipe for building great products -- your best bet is to just build, and keep building.
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> I'm really curious if github's culture is the cause of their success or a result of it.
If I had to bet on one of those choices, I'd say the culture is the cause, not the result. But, if I had another choice, I'd say probably neither. Because "success" is a complex formula containing many components, one of which is no doubt culture.
Github has an awesome culture because they want to have an awesome culture. It is not the cause nor the result of their success. I think the core value from which all other things stem is simply, to build. IMO that's a value, more than a characteristic, of their culture.
The fact that their company is also successful was no doubt helped by these things (and certainly validates their approach to running a company), but, as Holman hints at in the slides, there is no recipe for building great products -- your best bet is to just build, and keep building.