Facebook IPO reveals 'hacker' culture - Information Age
In a letter accompanying Facebook's initial public offering yesterday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the company's software development culture, which it describes as the 'Hacker Way'. "The Hacker Way is an approach to building that involves continuous improvement and iteration," Zuckerberg wrote in the company's S1 filing. "Hackers try to build the best services over the long term by quickly releasing and learning from smaller iterations rather than trying to get everything right all at once." "To support this, we have built a testing framework that at any given time can try out thousands of versions of Facebook," he revealed. "We have the words “Done is better than perfect” painted on our walls to remind ourselves to always keep shipping." Interesting Links Agile breeds more successful software projects – poll Traditional, waterfall development methods are less likely to result in successful IT projects, according to a survey from Ambysoft Zuckerberg said that rather that debating the merits…
2 Feb 2012 ... In a letter accompanying Facebook's initial public offering yesterday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the company's software development ...