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more and more people start to use your product, but you are not doing any direct marketing
people who look like movie stars start to send in their fake CV:s to you
you actually enjoy what you are doing
you use the tools that solves the problem
you actually deliver user value after each sprint
agile is not a process, it is how you actually work
people who speaks of ITIL automatically have to work one week with replying to movie stars.
hierarchy is a word you learned about the hard way at your previous work
you enhance the user experience and listen to the actual users
architecture is part of everybody’s work, not a title
usability is part of your customer experience focus and a responsibility of all involved in the product, not a title or expert role
there are no titles
the people you see when looking up are the actual people you work with
you tune the user experience, not trying to revolutionize it
people do high-fives and shout out over solved problems
middle management still works at Ericsson
you can do live changes, but choose not to
you trust the people working with the product and do not need guidelines and processes for everything
people who do not fit in the group is not promoted, they are either fired or feel that they should try new challenges
you say yes more often than no to new ideas
you really, really, really love your product and the ones using it
you have a feeling that you are privileged to work with what you like and still get money for it
you can try one thing and if it do not work out, change it back
all who work at the office have admin rights on their computer
you answer the question “What type of organization are you?” with “Rock and Roll”
the people who work at the bank office next to your office looks at you in a way that indicates they do not like you and your type
everyone has full insight in the numbers of your product
everyone has equal shares of the company
people come to work and share a new idea, every day
creativity is part of your work, not the responsibility of a group of people
people work in the projects they prefer to work in and can easily change projects if they do not enjoy the current one
there are no meetings, you solve things with the people you work with on a daily basis, both short- and long-term solutions
you celebrate records and highlight achievements on a regular basis
there is only one level in the organizational hierarchy
up to 20% of every employees working time is spent on R&D
“corporate” is a swearing word
Microsoft has nothing to do with something that actually is in proximity to your core business
Oracle has nothing to do with something that actually is in proximity to your core business
you are using a well tested and stable Open Source technology stack
you contribute to Open Source projects
there are a good mixture of people from different background, country, age, sex and experience
people decorate the walls and the desks with things they like
salary, benefits and friday beers are not the stuff that make you stay at the company
pragmatic is not a word, it is how you actually solves things
SWOT-analysis is something they do at the bank office next to you

You focus on things that are not part of the core product
You think that you are smarter than the competition
You think technology is the key driver
You make assumptions and stick to them over time
You think marketing can sell any product
the items in the backlog have nothing to do with the user experience
you create a strategy that is more of a vision
you are spending more than 10% of your working time on meetings
50% or more of your workload is action points from meetings
the best brains in the company eat Prozac
the best developers in the company are doing UML
your boss says “I have not had the time to read that e-mail yet”
When you have a strategy that says something like “We are going to be the new Apple”
you work according to the waterfall-model and call it agile product development
you think that enterprise solutions is a must have in order to serve all your customers
you hear the word ITIL
someone thinks that abstraction and not function has critical impact on business
someone suggests a new meeting in the matter
you think someone else should decide in the matter
reorganizations is more common than company beers
you have two (or more) bosses on the same position
there are only men (who only eat meat) at the top of the ladder of your company
you think that it is better to build it yourself
you think that it is better to rebuild than to tune
you think that your success is a strike of genius rather than a lucky shot
when the CC:field is used in more than 50% of your inbox e-mails
when you have architects
when you have usability experts
when you have middle management
when you feel stuck because of salary and benefits
when you are building an enabling platform that will solve all your problems
it is more important who is in charge of something than what gets done
you have three levels of the organizational hierarchy below you …. and three above
people are leaving without knowing what to do later
you discuss things longer than implementing them
there are people walking around the office that look like movie stars
most of the people working at your company think that they should not have to do any real job and get their hands dirty
you buy new project tracking software and think that you have found the key to success
when someone from payroll sends their first mail with Comic-Sans and two or more clip arts pictures
when you get saluted for a good year and get a salary increase, even though you obviously do not deserve it
you have a group that works with R&D and no one knows what they actually do
you are part of a working group that forces you to dedicate 25% of your time because you are one of the big thinkers in the company
you have multiple offices and people would rather fly to the other office than setting up a video conference
middle management can’t say anything without adding some bosses name into the conversation
you feel that you are going in the wrong direction professionally and personally and you have an annoying feeling that it probably has a lot to do with your current job
you have more than one Lead Developer for a product
you think you are building stuff that another department think they build
you don’t get angry anymore over things at work
you feel like it is impossible to change something
you feel that the good old days were way better

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