# One Year Later

DevFeed: [One Year Later](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/one-year-later-15788.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/one-year-later>)

Author: Square Engineering

Published: 2014-06-06T16:06:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [Rails](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rails.md>), [Ember](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ember.md>), [Test-driven development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tdd.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/distributed-systems.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>)

Tags: [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [distributed-systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed-systems.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [frameworks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/frameworks.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [rails](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rails.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/systems.md>), [tdd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tdd.md>)

## AI overview

An engineer reflects on their first year at Square, describing the company's growth from about 450 to more than 800 people, expansion across six cities, team reorganization, and an increase from roughly 50 to more than 200 services. The article also discusses learning new technologies and practices while helping launch Square Dashboard in Japan and Square Feedback, alongside a culture of transparency and experimentation.

## Source excerpt

An engineer's first year at Square