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A comprehensive meeting discussed several managerial and structural changes. Alan stepped in as the acting full stack manager, with restructuring in teams like SEC and ModelOps highlighted. The group emphasized refining communication, improving MR rates, and recognizing talent assessments. Thomas and Neil handle error budget reports, while Tiago praises a bot system for container security work. Olivier's family welcomed a new member, celebrating progress across the teams.
The meeting, held for the SEC, growth and data science teams, primarily covered team restructuring, management appointments, and operational changes. Key points included Alan stepping in as acting full stack manager for security policies, changes to the anti-abuse and data science group structures, updates on talent assessments and Workday transitions, and discussions on MR rates and team celebratory initiatives. It also featured detailed deliberations on handling FedRAMP security issues and possible team renaming.
Talking Point | Summary | Resolution |
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Team Restructuring | Alan appointed temporarily as full stack manager for security policies. Product sections are realigning, including anti-abuse moving under data science. | Ongoing restructuring, no immediate changes |
Data Science and ModelOps | Model Ops rebranding discussed, and current group structures elaborated. Data Ops anticipated integration in future stages. | Names formalized, no immediate split changes |
Error Budgets and Reliability | Recognition of Thomas and Neil's efforts on error budgets and reliability reporting. Concerns regarding platform reliability were addressed. | Ongoing, Neil supporting existing efforts |
FedRAMP Security Issues | Current focus on addressing FedRAMP-related security implications initiated due to container scanning false positives. Clarifications sought regarding AppSec guidance. | Discussion ongoing, guidance awaited |
MR Rate Improvement | Exploration of team engineering velocity and MR rate improvements via smaller task segmentation and regular refinement meetings was proposed. | Methods implemented for some teams, continued assessment needed |
Celebration and Team Cohesion | Proposal to incorporate work anniversaries and new hires celebration in meetings to boost morale and team integration. | Proposal accepted for trial implementation |
Question | Answer |
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What are the plans for anti-abuse stage restructuring? (Phil to Mon) | Current structure with Model Ops and Applied ML remains; split into two groups delayed (Mon) |
How will team differentiation occur in dynamic analysis? (Phil to Thomas) | No new teams will be created; similar roles differentiated by feature category within existing teams (Thomas) |
How is the auditing process for FedRAMP-related security issues defined? (Phil to Thomas) | AppSec provides a baseline guide and uses multiple scanning tools for evaluation (Thomas) |