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Unexpected Anti-Patterns for Engineering Leaders

Counterintuitive mistakes from Stripe, Uber, and Carta

Will Larson shares surprising anti-patterns he's observed at high-growth companies. These aren't obvious mistakes but subtle traps that successful companies fall into. Includes over-indexing on hiring, building too many tools, and other patterns that seem right but backfire at scale.

Source: review.firstround.com
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