Before the specs, the Jira tickets, the sprints, and the briefs, there are agile tech companies. These are the startups built by people hacking away at problems their customers talk about online. Engineers aren’t in a corner with noise canceling headphones, they're listening in on customer calls with their support team. They’re joining customer-facing events with their marketing team. They’re meeting the people who pay their salaries and building what they ask for. This is engineering-driven de