{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ditching the rules to build a team that lasts | Bryan Cantrill, Steve Tuck (Oxide)","description":"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\u2019s blog post on the transparent and uniform compensation model at Oxide: https:\/\/oxide.computer\/blog\/compensat... - On the Metal\u2019s 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 \u2014 Forest License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported: https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/... ","author_name":"Software Misadventures","author_url":"https:\/\/softwaremisadventures.com\/","html":"<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>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/174605512"}