No one left behind: Inside the largest domain migration in history
summary
Project moves fivefold footprint to 9 million domains and expands registrar support from two TLDs to over 360 TLDs in ten months, builds a migration engine and a new reseller API used by Workspace and Cloud, and completes the cutover without losing a single original team member. Leadership choices include one‑to‑ones to spot burnout, shielding engineers from C‑suite pressure, weekly Slack celebration digests, and treating reversible decisions as the default.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:32Team retention in acquisitions
- 4:13Team as superpower
- 5:58Lead like an equal
- 7:26Transparency builds trust
- 8:29Agility over perfection
- 10:55Leadership shield
- 13:01Don’t hide behind leader
- 14:28Managing up honestly
- 15:31Celebrate wins
- 16:54Summary
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