Edward Kim: Engineers as Makers, Not Order Takers [JSConf2014]

At Social Tables, we believe in giving engineers a lot of responsibility when it comes to building new features. For instance, they may talk directly to customers to figure out feature requirements, and have them design the UI themselves. But is this a good thing? I'll make the case that it can actually be a great way to collaborate with other teams inside your company and bring diversity of thought into an engineering organization. I'll also talk about some of the pitfalls we've run into.