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Re:Open-Sourcing Vespa, Yahoo’s Data Processing and Serving ... by samfisher83 on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @08:06AM (#15346928)
I would think they aren't all that correlated. Look at apple, Steve job treated some of his engineers like crap and they were successful. Its nice to have a good place to work, but I don't think it ensures success.
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Re:Open-Sourcing Vespa, Yahoo’s Data Processing and Serving ... by cat199 on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @08:17AM (#15346982)
This doesn't necessarily mean a 'bad culture' -

a) the concept of 'tough love' is applicable

b) were engineers allowed and challenged to innovate? or did their work effort primarily consist of navigating red tape and beurocracy to the point that all creativity was crushed?

etc.

see also: dilbert.

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Re:Open-Sourcing Vespa, Yahoo’s Data Processing and Serving ... by relyio on Thursday October 05, 2017 @09:00AM (#15408764)
To me a good engineering culture isn't a "nice" engineering culture, it is one where the company consistently delivers outstanding work that is on point with business requirements.
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