Polu: Stripe had no product managers when it reached 80 employees
Stanislas Polu · Secure, Private, Powerful: Dust’s Vision for Enterprise AI Agents | Stanislas Polu · Oct 11, 2023 · at 10:09
Stanislas Polu, co-founder of Dust and former Stripe engineer, describes early Stripe's lean management structure and tech culture.
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“When we joined at People. There were very limited number of managers, very limited number of product manager. I think it was a forbidden word at the time. So no product manager that, that function was kind of covered by engineers and managers or engine managers”
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