How to elevate engineering culture at large corporations?

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How to elevate engineering culture at large corporations?

One thing I have realized working at a large corporation is that it doesn't matter how smart you are because if everyone else doesn't see the value in what you are doing then you are not going to get very far. It's much harder to convince 1000 people that a certain part of the software stack should be in groovy than it is to convince 10 people of the same thing. I'm curious how people go about elevating the engineering culture at large corporations because I've been running into walls left and...

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It is certainly possible and doable but it takes a very different kind of skill than technical prowess...

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How different is the engineering culture at Twitter than that at Facebook? Which company should I join if I want to have stronger engineering skills and achievements?

I'm having Software Engineering offers from both Facebook and Twitter. I've read a lot about both companies and how great the culture is in both of them. From what I've read, I think Twitter might be better than Facebook in most of the factors except...

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They are direct competitors. Facebook is slightly more mature, giving Twitter a kind of underdog psyche...

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Who is Steve Yegge referring to as the single seed engineer "singlehandedly responsible for the amazing quality of Google's engineering culture"?

From Done, and Gets Things Smart: I've been debating whether to say this, since it'll smack vaguely of obsequiousness, but I've realized that one of the Google seed engineers (exactly one) is almost singlehandedly responsible for the amazing quality...

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I might be wrong, but when I was an intern there over 2006-2007, I remember Craig Silverstein sending...

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If significant parts of a nation's culture are created and owned by corporations, instead of created by individual artists and intellectuals, is it still culture?

Large parts of American culture are created and owned by media companies (Disney, Pixar etc.) Is this real culture, or just merchandising?

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Corporations are not mystical evil things. They're groups of people who associate to do work and make...

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Manufacturers... in Lebanon NH, right across the river from Vermont are... Timken Aerospace, Hypertherm...

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What makes a good engineering culture?

Quora and Facebook both have strong, well-known engineering cultures. What makes a "good" engineering culture - free time to commit to projects, a commitment to open source, leadership?

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Very simple - build a...

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Does a good engineering culture matter?

Is there any correlation between the strength of a company's software engineering culture and its profitability? I often hear bad things from programmers at the most successful companies - for example, 80% of software engineers at Amazon seem to hate...

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I work at a place with a fantastic engineering culture, and it influences the success of the company...

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Can a great sales and engineering culture coexist? How?

We're building a company that will have both sales and engineering coexist together in an open environment. Sales wants to be loud and engineering wants solitude. Anyone joined both cultures in a fun, dynamic way? Obviously I'm a sales guy so I naturally...

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New companies have the good fortune of being able to immediately adopt a culture that matches the goals...

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Give me 10 names for Culture Festival in engineering college ?

This is not Techinal event festival , this is Culture festival in engineering college in india please suggest me 10 names as soon as possible

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traditional day.rose day.colour day.ti and saree day. Teachers day. Engineers day.valentine day.freshers...

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What should I ask an interviewer to assess whether his or her company has a good engineering culture?

I understand that it is hard to make it sure. But hopefully I can get a question list that I can follow to identify if the company has a good engineering culture.

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Most companies put people who are great and feel positively about the company / team on interview duty...

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