Wide Teams

Episode #55: Troy Davis and Eric Lindvall of Papertrail


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

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 – Troyâ€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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