Carl Angelo Orale

In inheriting an existing engineering team, I think the important part is knowing every team member: their character, their attitude, their skills, and especially the current culture of that team. After that, you need to decide how you're going to integrate yourself into their existing practices. You can't put any changes immediately because maybe they'll get culture shock. So you'll just need to adapt gradually: introduce new rules, introduce new standards. I think the most important thing is blending in.

Scope creep is very common in the startup space, and priorities shift, because in a fast-paced environment like a startup, we should be adaptable to changes. For managing a team, initially we need to really set expectations first. Eventually it becomes a culture for the whole team to adjust and adapt to different priorities and changes as the business improves. At the end of the day, we need to produce a sellable product.