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Episode #55: Troy Davis and Eric Lindvall of Papertrail

Posted on October 24, 2012October 22, 2012

In this episode, Troy Davis and Eric Lindvall, of Papertrail, talk about seeking out and choosing the right teammates, team overlap, and organic growth.

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Show Notes

Troy Davis (twitter / github / blog)
Eric Lindvall (twitter / github / blog)
Papertrail (website / twitter)

00:57 – How their distributed team evolved

01:43 – Finding the right teammate(s)

04:10 – Living situations

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  • Eric: Stays just North of Seattle, WA
  • Troy: Travels: Seattle to Portland to Sol,South Korea to Bangkok to San Francisco to NYC

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04:48 – Airbnb

05:42 – Troy’s travelling

07:02 – Team interaction and dividing work

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  • Based on customer feedback
  • Campfire
  • Github issues tracking system

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08:42 – Avoiding using predictions and promises

10:18 – Work tactics

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  • Rare standups
  • Dealing with timezones

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11:15 – Team overlap

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  • You are responsible for how you should spend your own time

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13:27 – Maintaining continuity & company values

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  • Growing organically
  • Github as an example

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15:54 – Advice for distributed teams

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  • There are no shortcuts
  • Transparency

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17:26 – Arguing

20:43 – Papertrail: Hosted log management by and for engineers

 

 

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