Who is working from HOME?

Who is working from a COWORKING SPACE?

Who is working from an OFFICE?

Who can work from home for 1 DAY / WEEK?

DEVELOPER !

CLUSTER

UNSTRUCTURED, DISTRIBUTED, DIVERSE

Q: https://sli.do/xeraa A: https://twitter.com/xeraa

~ 900 ELASTICIANS

Elasticats 4 Elastronauts 4 ELKompadres 4 Elastics 4 Elastigons 4 Elasticers 4 ElastiCoolians 4 Homo Elasticus 4 Elasticitizens 4 {elastician} 4 Elasticodians 4 The Elasticrew 4 Elasticons 4 Elastonians from Elastonia 4 Elastic Dudes / Elastic Dudettes

34+ COUNTRIES 30+ LANGUAGES 19+ TIME ZONES 16 OFFICES

Distributed By Design

DISTRIBUTED NOT REMOTE

X- SCHOOL

A LWAYS ON

(CROSS) TEAM TIME BUGPOOL, FIXITFRIDAY, OFFICE HOURS,...

RELEASE PARTY

PROCESS PER TEAM

ENGINEERING ALL HANDS SALES KICKOFF

Values

ELASTICSEARCH TEAM DEVELOPMENT CONSTITUTION https://github.com/elastic/engineering/blob/master/development_constitution.md

TECH PROGRESS OVER PERFECTION

TECH DESIGN FOR TODAY ! USE ABSTRACTIONS WITH CARE

TECH BUILD FEATURES IN ISOLATION

TECH REMOVE FIRST , FIX LATER

TECH ONLY ACCEPT FEATURES THAT SCALE

TECH BE FAST BY DEFAULT ; SLOW IS OPTIONAL

PEOPLE BE KIND

PEOPLE EMPATHY FOR PASSION

PEOPLE REPORT ABUSIVE COMMENTS

Source Code HTTPS://WWW.ELASTIC.CO/ABOUT/OUR-SOURCE-CODE

Whatever you’re hustling for, take note: most people/companies are shut down until ‘18. That means you get 2 extra w ! ks to outwork your competition.

That’s 3.8% more time. For perspective: Usain Bolt won his gold medals ru ! ing 1.2% faster. These 2 w " ks are a gift. Get to work. — https://twitter.com/NathanCHubbard/status/ 942882853494202369

If I read this madne ! I want a " my engin

rs to take 2 extra w

ks o $ to make sure we are 6% behind but healthy! That would be a ma ! ive win! — https://twitter.com/s1m0nw/status/943021874086383616

Elastic wi ! be providing 16 w " ks of 100% paid parental leave during the first year fo ! owing the birth or adoption of a child — whether you are a mom or a dad

MY EXPERIENCE

ELASTICIANS ARE TRUSTED

DO THE RIGHT THING

YOU VOLUNTEER

SOMETIMES YOU ARE VOLUNTOLD

COMMUNICATION IS OPEN & PUBLIC

NEW PRODUCTS JOIN THE FAMILY

Downsides

SHARE THE PAIN OF TIMEZONES

COMMUNICATION CAN FAIL

CULTURES ARE DIFFERENT

DECISIONS CAN DRAG

Day

CRAZY

FLEXIBLE

TRADITIONAL

T ! ls

SYNC

ASYNC

TEAM & TECH LEAD

PM PART OF ENGINEERING

Hiring

OH: It's not "hard" ski ! s vs "soft" ski ! s

  • its "technical" vs "profe " ional" ski ! s. — https://twitter.com/freakboy3742/status/907032201497255942

AGE, GENDER, LOCATION, RACE,... IS JUST AN ATTRIBUTE

1,000+ CV PER WEEK

NO BULLSHIT INTERVIEWS

500 TO 600: 5M 600 TO 700: 3M 700 TO 800: 2M

Numbers

INDICATOR ARRIVALS: 130 DEPARTURES: 9

Conclusion

Vianney Chevalier, https://twitter.com/vianneytwins/status/997125952835653633

Vianney Chevalier, https://twitter.com/vianneytwins/status/997125952835653633

Who wants to work from AN OFFICE?

Who wants to work from HOME?

NO GOING BACK

https://www.elastic.co/about/careers

QUESTIONS? Philipp Kre ! 44444 @xer "