The PostHog Handbook
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The PostHog Handbook is the company's internal documentation, published on the public internet.[1] It is the primary source for how PostHog operates, and most factual claims in this encyclopedia about the company come from it.
Its unusual property is not that it exists – most companies have internal documentation – but that it is public and openly editable. The handbook states that anyone can give direct feedback on work, and that almost everything the company does is open for others to edit, the handbook included.[2]
What it contains[edit]
| Section | Contents |
|---|---|
| Company | Culture, communication, small teams, goal setting, offsites, lore |
| People | Compensation, share options, hiring process, feedback, spending |
| Engineering | How the product is built, on-call, posthog.com itself |
| Product | How products are chosen and shipped |
| Growth, marketing, content | How PostHog acquires users |
| Exec and finance | Strategy, pricing, how the company makes money |
The handbook also carries the company timeline, "How we got here", which is the source for History of PostHog.[4]
Notable contents[edit]
Compensation. The handbook publishes the compensation system, including a calculator that shows what a role pays. It states that the system exists as part of being transparent, and describes levels as a measure of impact rather than a title hierarchy.[3]
Small teams. A small team is defined as strictly two to six people, each owning a product area.[5]
Hiring. The process is documented per role, so a candidate can read the stages before applying.[6]
Values. These include "Do more weird", which has its own page.[7]
Why it is public[edit]
The handbook connects its openness to the company's open-source model: as the builders of an open-source product, the company argues it should be as transparent as it can.[2]
There is a second, more practical reason visible in the structure. PostHog is fully remote and asynchronous. A distributed company cannot transmit its practices by having people overhear them, so the practices must be written down. Once written down, publishing them costs little and serves as recruitment material.
See also
References
- ^The PostHog Handbook
- ^PostHog handbook, "Culture"
- ^PostHog handbook, "Compensation"
- ^PostHog handbook, "How we got here"
- ^PostHog handbook, "Small teams"
- ^PostHog handbook, hiring process
- ^PostHog handbook, "Values"
External links
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