[stringham]

It was not feasible to stop the entire organization from writing new code to do a migration, which is why most migrations like this happen slowly over time. However, we got a lot of benefits by doing a "big bang translation" like not having to link two different module systems (Google closure and TS)

The hackathon was an ideal time to attempt something like this and we knew the scale of the project was huge. Once the project was complete we each got a couple of extra personal days.

It was really cool tackling a project that many thought was impossible and succeeding. We all had the vision that we were doing something that had the potential to significantly improve our satisfaction and productivity on the daily basis for the long term.

This kind of thing is completely voluntary and everyone who participated really wanted to do it. I think we have a really good work-life balance at lucid.

It's awesome having leadership that supports us in moving forward with a project like this.

[fny]

> It's awesome having leadership that supports us in moving forward with a project like this.

So I really applaud what you guys pulled off as a technical feat, but you need to realize that leadership disproportionately benefits from all this. From you 6 alone, they gain something like 48 * 6 = 288 free working hours. Rounding down, that's 6 man-weeks packed into a weekend! In cash, that's $15K, which means you've each forgone something like $2,500 in opportunity cost dollars.

> Once the project was complete we each got a couple of extra personal days.

If you all really worked for 48 hours you should get at least an additional week off or get paid $2500 especially given the value of what you all built.