July 3, 2019

Here's a very mature culture I admire

https://jobs.netflix.com/culture
Pure. gold.
This text changed my perception. It also changed my standards for a good employer, forever (I'm afraid). Takes time to read but is absolutely worth it.

One point that is especially relevant to security:
In general, freedom and rapid recovery is better than trying to prevent error. We are in a creative business, not a safety-critical business. Our big threat over time is lack of innovation, so we should be relatively error tolerant. Rapid recovery is possible if people have great judgment. The seduction is that error prevention just sounds so good, even if it is often ineffective. We are always on guard if too much error prevention hinders inventive, creative work.
If you want to see some of this in a talk, here's what Devops means for them. Watch at least until 16'. The job of a manager is explained around 13'.