Building a Culture of Learning
summary
Company moves from Rails 1.2 to a modern stack while juggling two codebases and hiring ~50 people, then funds an open book policy (≈360 books, ~$10K) and a six-week onboarding that stalls productivity but teaches modern practices. Builds and open-sources Level Up Rails, runs weekly Tech talks with ~100 attendees, and launches an apprenticeship that rehabs two candidates who failed technical interviews. Culture change sticks: learning becomes part of job and continues after the learning manager leaves.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:26ABOUT MY COMPANY
- 3:22ABOUT ME
- 7:08GETTING THE REASONS RIGHT
- 12:24WHAT WORKED
- 23:06DANGERS!
- 24:52WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
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