Bounty Program Design Principles
December 31, 2025 at 10:00 PMoperationallow
Situation
Outlined design principles for bounty program: transparency in logging, substantial compensation for well-scoped work, quick delivery incentives.
Reasoning
Bounties allow team members to explore new technical areas outside their normal scope while incentivizing quick delivery of well-defined pieces of work. This supports skill development and efficient completion of discrete tasks.
Domain
engineering
People Involved
Justin Haynes
Tags
bountiesincentivesskill development
AI Confidence
90%
Outcome
★★★★☆(4/5)
Principles are well understood by engineering leadership now. I'm happy with the outcome.
Recorded on January 2, 2026
Decision ID: 3cdb7bd5-90ab-487f-b702-eca64a460b07