- Sometimes it can seem as if we're moving at a glacial pace, other times we're moving way too fast. We need to find a good pace and stick with it.
- A lot of the work done doesn't ship for various reasons. We pivot a lot and other times a bigger, more important project will come along which means the current work gets canned and the team transitions to a different project.
- Atlassian has a tendency to tackle big projects all at once which means they can drag on for years.
- Compared to the market average, Atlassian underpays. This is true for Sydney and the US.
- We say "Open company, no bull#$%" but there's a lot of bureaucracy at the top.
- If you don't have a good manager who will fight for you, you're going to struggle. This is especially important when it comes to performance reviews and interesting projects.
- Atlassian favours extroverts. The only way to get yourself out there and known to senior management is by promoting your work and speaking at town halls or writing blog posts on the global Confluence instance.
- Favourites get the interesting work. This is great if you're a favourite, but can be hard if you're an introvert and don't like promoting yourself or if you have a bad manager.
- A lot of change over at the middle management level.
