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Re:Ask HN: Organizing company knowledge? by gabept on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @11:40AM (#16812254)
Anything works as long as everyone does it.

I've seen companies using forums, Google docs, and even Github repos.

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Re:Ask HN: Organizing company knowledge? by jvagner on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @12:01PM (#16812456)
Every documentation system I've ever seen at any company -- large or small -- is almost always undermined by the inclination to: 1) not look things up, and 2) ask someone before looking things up.

The information is almost always 3 clicks away, but people just want to ask another person, or behave in a paralyzed manner as if the information couldn't possibly be found.

And if you work in a "lotta meetings" company culture, even moreso.

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