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At Quine we’re building technology, machine intelligence, and marketplaces to help programmers and companies interact with the labour markets in a more fluid and human-centric way.
Rodrigo Mendoza Smith • Devs have eaten the world
- Working with friends
- Small core team (<10 people)
- Remote-first
- Asynchronous communication
- Very few meetings
- No managers or PMs
- Transparent decision-making
- Profit-sharing among the team
- Annual liquidity windows for equity
- No institutional investors
- No required work hours; everyone is responsible for their own tasks
- Focus on creating high-quality produc
Calm Company - Michael Karnjanaprakorn
How did the small company adapt so much better than the rental giant Blockbuster? It all came down to the culture of Netflix. It is a company that emphasises people and innovation and isn’t overly controlling. This has allowed it to grow at unprecedented rates, and a 2018 survey rated it as the best place in Silicon Valley to work.
fourminutebooks.com • No Rules Rules Summary
This young generation has “high expectations for work,” explains psychologist Jeffrey Arnett, an expert on the mindset of the modern postgrad. “They expect work to be not just a job but an adventure[,]… a venue for self-development and self-expression[,]… and something that provides a satisfying fit with their assessment of their talents.”