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iDecorama Culture Code Manifesto
Probably The MOST Important Document You’ll Read Working Here. Laid down by Bharat Sethi, CEO & Co-Founder, iDecorama
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#1
No a$$holes allowed. This one is pretty self-explanatory. No political climbers, jerks, bullies, yellers, slackers, negative BS. We like to operate in a climate of mutual respect, and when one bad egg crosses the line, they need to go before they sour the whole bunch, regardless of how talented they are.
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#2
EQ > IQ
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#3
We Respect “Fully Grown Adults”. We aren’t fooling around here. This is a team of professionals working on a common mission
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#4
Be obsessive about your customers, not competitors. Users-first before company, team, and yourself
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#5
Having autonomy doesn’t mean crap, if you don’t act. Don’t over-think it. JFDI - Just Fu#@ing do it
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#6
If you’re delivering value and become a large part of our small team, we won’t ever let you go - no matter what we have to do. Promise.
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#7
Your colleagues have the right to clear, candid and constructive feedback. The management can ask for this anytime.
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#8
We have zero tolerance for deliberate mediocrity
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#9
We believe remarkable outcomes rarely come from moderate risk
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#10
Influence, Respect, Power is independent of hierarchy or age here.
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#11
We love giving directions on where to go -- not directions on how to get there.
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#12
Honesty Always.
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#13
We’re suckers for consistently high performance.
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#14
Be self motivating, self aware, self disciplined, self improving. We don’t like to spoon feed.
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#15
Pick up the trash lying on the floor. Behave like an owner.
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#16
Thrive on freedom, but first, be worthy of that freedom.
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#17
We like to get things done with a strong sense of urgency, because we are always racing against time.
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#18
If you don’t respect your colleagues, customers, users and investors - you can leave.
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#19
Nothing will happen, unless you make it happen.
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#20
Be a doer and take initiatives, not just a talker.
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#21
Fail fast, and fail often because that’s the only way you can learn.
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#22
We like to celebrate great things. There is no celebration for ordinary or above average achievements.
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#23
You’re encouraged to have an opinion and have a healthy debate.
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#24
You can be anyone you want here. Feel free to explore yourself, but with the right mindset thinking in the best interest of the product, users and your own growth.
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#25
DO NOT expect others to test your brilliant code for you.
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#26
Your job is not to ship code. It’s to help your company win. It’s to help yourself win. It’s to help your users win.
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#27
Every day that you spend not improving the product, is a wasted day.
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#28
You have freedom to always improve our techniques, process, and technology whenever we need to. In fact, this is where you add real value and this goes a long way. We really respect initiatives in this direction.
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#29
As a startup coder you must balance competing priorities including speed, cost, quality, UX, design, and scalability.
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#30
We take design seriously. Very, very seriously.