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https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture

A curated list of awesome thought on tech culture. Inspired by the various awesome-* projects
https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture

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# Awesome Culture [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
A curated list of awesome thought on tech culture. Inspired by the various `awesome-*` projects

This is an ever-evolving list, and thus a continual work in progress. Feel free to contribute! Please follow the [pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/) model ;)

NB: _There will be duplicates!_ If a resource falls under multiple categories, it will be placed under each section.

# Table of Contents
- [Manifestos](https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture/blob/master/README.md#manifestos)
- [Company Ethos](https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture/blob/master/README.md#company-ethos)
- [Lessons Learned](https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture/blob/master/README.md#lessons-learned)
- [Quality of Life](https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture/blob/master/README.md#quality-of-life)
- [Engineering Management](https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture/blob/master/README.md#engineering-management)
- [Work Space](https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture/blob/master/README.md#work-space)
- [Hiring](https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture/blob/master/README.md#hiring)
- [Interviewing](https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture/blob/master/README.md#interviewing)
- [Inspiration](https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture/blob/master/README.md#inspiration)
- [Diversity](https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture/blob/master/README.md#diversity)
- [Miscellaneous](https://github.com/expede/awesome-culture/blob/master/README.md#miscellaneous)

# Manifestos
- [Here's to the crazy ones (Apple)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwsuXHA7RA)
- [Code & Coffee Manifesto](https://github.com/Code-and-Coffee-YVR/how-to-organize/blob/master/Manifesto.md)
- Full disclaimer: [@expede](https://github.com/expede/) (repo owner) helps organize [Code & Coffee](http://www.meetup.com/Code-Coffee-Vancouver/)
- [Humane Development](http://humanedevelopment.org)
- [RailsConf 2015 Presentation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZLYxLjwNWo)

# Company Ethos
- [How GitHub Works](http://zachholman.com/posts/how-github-works/)
- [bjeanes/culture](https://github.com/bjeanes/culture/blob/master/culture_and_ethos.md)
- [Buffer Culture](http://www.slideshare.net/Bufferapp/buffer-culture-02)
- [How GitHub Works](https://vimeo.com/43684882)
- [Slides](https://speakerdeck.com/holman/how-github-works-v2)

# Lessons Learned
- [Patty McCord: A Culture of Innovation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3e1lnixKBM)

# Quality of Life
- [Your Lifestyle Has Already Been Designed](http://www.raptitude.com/2010/07/your-lifestyle-has-already-been-designed/)
- [How GitHub Works](https://vimeo.com/43684882)
- [Slides](https://speakerdeck.com/holman/how-github-works-v2)
- ["Vacations are for the weak"](http://sethbannon.com/vacations-are-for-the-weak)
- ["Silence is for the Weak"](http://blog.circleci.com/silence-is-for-the-weak/)
- [work-for-a-remote-culture](http://www.higginsninja.net/Blog/work-for-a-remote-culture/)
- [What makes us feel good about our work?](http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work#t-175528)
- [How to make work-life balance work](https://www.ted.com/talks/nigel_marsh_how_to_make_work_life_balance_work)

# Engineering Management
- [Why Firing Brilliant Assholes Is Required to Build a Great Engineering Culture](http://firstround.com/review/why-firing-brilliant-assholes-is-required-to-build-a-great-engineering-culture/)
- [Building a strong engineering culture](https://www.slideshare.net/kevingoldsmith/building-a-strong-engineering-culture-my-talk-from-bbc-develop-2013)
- [DevOps Culture](https://martinfowler.com/bliki/DevOpsCulture.html)

# Work Space
- ["Silence is for the Weak"](http://blog.circleci.com/silence-is-for-the-weak/)
- [work-for-a-remote-culture](http://www.higginsninja.net/Blog/work-for-a-remote-culture/)

# Hiring
- [Patty McCord: A Culture of Innovation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3e1lnixKBM)
- [Why Firing Brilliant Assholes Is Required to Build a Great Engineering Culture](http://firstround.com/review/why-firing-brilliant-assholes-is-required-to-build-a-great-engineering-culture/)
- [What Company Culture Is and Is Not](https://moz.com/rand/what-company-culture-is-and-is-not/)
- [Never, Ever Compromise: Hiring For Culture Fit](http://blog.eladgil.com/2012/04/never-ever-compromise-hiring-for.html)
- [People matter most](https://martinfowler.com/bliki/PeopleMatterMost.html)

# Interviewing
- [Why We Don't Ask Technical Questions for Technical Interviews at Buffer](https://medium.com/buffer-posts/why-we-dont-ask-technical-questions-for-technical-interviews-at-buffer-73f8132a8abd)
- [You suck at technical interviews](http://seldo.com/weblog/2014/08/26/you_suck_at_technical_interviews)
- [Never, Ever Compromise: Hiring For Culture Fit](http://blog.eladgil.com/2012/04/never-ever-compromise-hiring-for.html)

# Inspiration
- [Value Handbook for New Employees](http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/1074301/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf)
- [How GitHub Works](https://vimeo.com/43684882)
- [Slides](https://speakerdeck.com/holman/how-github-works-v2)

# Diversity
- [Recurse Center (previously Hacker School)](https://www.recurse.com/diversity)
- [Django Community Diversity Statement](https://www.djangoproject.com/diversity/)
- [Diversity Debt: How Much Does Your Startup Have?](https://medium.com/@abarrica/startups-diversity-debt-and-what-to-do-about-it-cd385364506#.37de3laye)

# Miscellaneous
- [What Company Culture Is and Is Not](https://moz.com/rand/what-company-culture-is-and-is-not/)
- [Kindness is Underrated](http://blog.circleci.com/kindness-is-underrated/)
- [Be Kind](http://boz.com/articles/be-kind.html)
- [Why It's Safe for Founders to Be Nice](http://paulgraham.com/safe.html)
- [What makes us feel good about our work?](http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work#t-175528)
- [Valve Employee Handbook](http://www.valvesoftware.com/company/Valve_Handbook_LowRes.pdf)
- [Making 20% Time Work](http://begriffs.com/posts/2016-01-29-making-twenty-percent-time-work.html)
- [Why Spotify’s agile patterns work and why you shouldn’t copy them](https://zenexmachina.wordpress.com/2017/07/25/why-spotifys-agile-patterns-work-and-why-you-shouldnt-copy-them/)
- [Applying Design Thinking to HR and People Ops](https://www.ideou.com/blogs/inspiration/applying-design-thinking-to-hr-and-people-operations-at-fivestars)