During my first year as an engineering leader, I encountered an extreme scale-up situation.
The scale-up was a perfect example of hypergrowth, taking place within a short period of time around an aggressive deadline. When welcoming new talent and building new teams, we were trying to cram a year’s worth of experience into a couple of months. It was a crash course in what to do and not to do as you scale.
Having learned the hard way, here I’m going to walk you through my scale-up story and share my do’s and don’ts along the way.
The risks of scaling up your team
Before we scaled, my team was part of a fast-paced startup, we were on the highway to success, everything was happening quickly, and things were working well.