1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 From building a new kind of server to building a new kind of company, co-founders Bryan and Steve join the show to chat about their &quot;meet cute&quot; and the origin story of Oxide, their unconventional recruiting process, transparent and uniform salaries, and their solution to the &quot;N+1 shithead problem&quot;. Segments: (00:03:03) Bryan and Steve's &quot;meet cute&quot; (00:05:56) &quot;the sun does not shine on me&quot; (00:12:19) the dagger that went into sun (00:21:23) culture of exonerating yourself vs solving customer problems (00:23:25) the shared &quot;error in judgment&quot; of joining joyent (00:27:54) the origin story of joyent (00:29:44) reporting to the (physical) chair (00:31:26) the comically bad ceo candidate (00:36:23) the enterprise software shift (00:40:21) the importance of curiosity in sales (00:48:30) filtering for curiosity in hiring (00:52:26) oxide's unconventional hiring process (01:04:01) bryan's worst hire (01:05:21) the limitations of traditional hiring (01:08:32) the value of written reflections (01:10:28) &quot;what were the happiest moments in your career?&quot; (01:21:16) misconceptions about sales and go-to-market (01:22:03) trust and alignment in sales (01:30:24) building connections across organizations (01:34:23) how to do performance reviews when everyone's paid the same? (01:40:00) the power of transparency in compensation (01:50:14) validation through impact (01:53:14) origins of on the metal (01:55:45) transparency and open communication (02:01:32) the importance of storytelling (02:04:56) building a company differently Show Notes: - Bryan’s blog post on the transparent and uniform compensation model at Oxide: https://oxide.computer/blog/compensat... - On the Metal’s interview with Jeff Rothschild: https://share.transistor.fm/s/6fa1eaa4 Stay in touch: - Make Ronak's day by signing up for our newsletter to get our favorites parts of the convo straight to your inbox every week :D https://softwaremisadventures.com/ Music: Vlad Gluschenko — Forest License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Software Misadventures https://softwaremisadventures.com/ <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/32157147/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/054760/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/174605512