A little over a year ago, I found myself taking on a unique and exciting opportunity: Building a Python Platform team from the ground up. Despite its size, Wayfair gives teams a large degree of autonomy in deciding how they operate, which meant we had a true blank slate to start with. Most of my experience has been on product-oriented teams, and this was my first time leading a platform team with purely internal customers. I want to share that journey with you, but first let me give some context around why we needed this team in the first place.
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