Scaling yourself during hypergrowth
When Julia Grace joined Slack two-and-a-half years ago, the company had fewer than 100 engineers. It's now at more than 350, and her own team grew from 10 to 50 people in 18 months. Julia shares tips and stories from the leadership front lines as she learned how to rapidly scale herself and her leadership team during a period when her job was substantially changing every six months.
| Talk Title | Scaling yourself during hypergrowth |
| Speakers | Julia Grace (Slack) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Velocity Conference |
| Conf Tag | Building and maintaining complex distributed systems |
| Location | San Jose, California |
| Date | June 12-14, 2018 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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When Julia Grace joined Slack two-and-a-half years ago, the company had fewer than 100 engineers. It’s now at more than 350, and her own team grew from 10 to 50 people in 18 months. Julia shares tips and stories from the leadership front lines as she learned how to rapidly scale herself and her leadership team during a period when her job was substantially changing every six months.