Two weeks into my new gig @Shopify! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤯" title="Explodierender Kopf" aria-label="Emoji: Explodierender Kopf">

First things first: Onboarding here is AMAZING so THANK YOU to everyone who has made onboarding amazing. Thread of learnings and pleasant surprises so far. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread">

Shopify is truly mission-driven and merchant-obsessed. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎯" title="Volltreffer" aria-label="Emoji: Volltreffer"> We& #39;re constantly asking:

- How can we make commerce better for everyone?
- What is best for our merchants?
- And how do we arm the rebels when tech also enables monopolies and centralization?

One of our values is "build for the long-term." Doing things right matters. We want to be a 100-year company. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💯" title="Hundert Punkte Symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Hundert Punkte Symbol"> This matters a lot to me, especially as an engineer.

Shopify has chosen to "default to open internally" - and built the tooling for this. Different companies make different choices here - highlighted recently by @DanRose999 in this thread https://twitter.com/DanRose999/status/1362237410742919169">https://twitter.com/DanRose99... - but I love Shopify& #39;s approach. It makes remote work.

There& #39;s a company-wide "no meetings Wednesday," and the leadership team frequently reminds us of the maker schedule. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👍" title="Daumen hoch" aria-label="Emoji: Daumen hoch"> http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html">https://www.paulgraham.com/makerssch...

I didn& #39;t know what "cargo culting" was before joining - now I know it as one of a small constellation of key "mental models." https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧠" title="Gehirn" aria-label="Emoji: Gehirn"> Shopify sees the world through these models, and I think they enable better decisions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult ">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carg...

Least surprising and best of all: Shopifolk are amazing!

I& #39;ll continue to share what I& #39;m learning, but there& #39;s also a lot I can& #39;t share: "default to open internally" but "default to secrecy externally." If you want in, let me know! Shopify is hiring 2021 engineers in 2021! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🚀" title="Rakete" aria-label="Emoji: Rakete">