Think it's easy finding a job after Twitter? Think again.
Having non-productive fun with colleagues at work is a great way of relaxing during work and getting to know the team.
Last week I had a conversation with a couple of friends about the issues they've been facing at their startup. These friends, like many others, have been affected by CoViD-19 related business impact, as well as the Work From Home situation. As you can guess, the biggest issues have been around communication, specially when it involves some sort of negotiation about what product features to prioritise, and how much effort to put into the same.
Harper DB is a startups of the year nominee from Denver, Colorado. Stephen Goldberg, CEO, shares the origin story and what makes their company culture relevant.
Cyberattacks, though frequently thought of as ‘sophisticated’, are often anything but. They are actually surprisingly straightforward and mostly financially motivated. We often see the media reporting on large-scale cyberattacks that have managed to breach complex security protocols, at a substantial financial cost to the business involved.
DAO developers believe that they can eliminate human manipulation or error from how companies work. This way, decisions are geared towards profitability alone.
A tech start-up is offering free marketing services of $1.5m to newly launched software companies
8 things that make engineers today say, “this place is for me!”
Inspired by scavenger hunts, GooseChase is an online platform that enables you to create exceptional experiences for your communities. Meet CEO Andrew Cross.
I love movies - Particularly ones that can be referenced to bring a point home in a professional discussion. Such is the case with the movie “Whiplash” and the debate over the “sink or swim” methodology in engineer onboarding.
Open up Twitter or any dev forum really, have a little scroll, and it will not take you long at all to find developers being unpleasant to each other.
In the era of #metoo and Harvey Weinstein, people are becoming more and more aware of harassment and discrimination in the workplace. Society should thank the brave women who stood up and created a better culture for us, but sexism still happens. It can range from unwanted physical advances to unfair pay to getting passed up for a promotion. The work isn’t done yet. We need to continue to fight to make things equal and safe for women in the workplace. To contribute fighting sexism in society, we need to start at our own workplaces. Here are some tips on how to protect yourself from sexism in the workplace.
Promoting socializing, resisting surveillance, and hosting idea sessions can help to preserve your remote company culture.
As a result of significant events against me, I burned out in 2016. Here are the keys to overcoming (and potentially protecting staff/colleagues from) burnout.
Here is a list of reasons why I won't relocate just because of a job offer.
A look at what it truly means to practically incorporate hire slow, fire fast within your organization.
The phone interview started with the founder explaining the format, followed by the standard “tell me about yourself.” Before the interview, I had done research to know he wasn’t yet 30. It seemed to be his first startup and publicly available information about this venture was minimal. I was excited that I got the phone interview because I knew my previous marketing experience was a perfect fit. I kept my story short by including only relevant startup marketing projects.
The successful implementation of digital transformation in the enterprise depends largely on the willingness of the corporate culture to change.
Have you switched to remote work in the past couple of weeks/days? Well, chances are high you have, or you will. I want to share my words of caution and tips to make pandemic remote work better.
Everything I learnt about how to do company culture right I learnt in a tiny, cramped office at an up and coming publishing startup in Farringdon Road, London.
What if I told you, it’s possible to get the best of both worlds – to capture the advantages of working with a startup while mitigating the downsides?
When Peter Drucker said in 2006 that “Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” he did not mean that strategy is not important. Rather an effective strategy is crucial to organizational success. A good strategy is the key to successfully implementing the vision. But a strategy by itself cannot push any organization to achieve tremendous growth and success. What gives life to that strategy are its people.
Brais Méndez, CEO of Docuten, discusses the company's beginnings, what the future holds, and exciting innovations in digital signature and e-invoicing.
Outsourcing a core business function, no matter how big and strong a company is, can be a very serious decision.
Managing people, meh. Building teams, now that's fun. It is really interesting to think about how individuals can make others better.
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The good and the bad
For a long time, organizations have been analyzed as systems and remained mainly indifferent to how various organization members feel about information.
Despite being a longtime lightning rod for controversy, even Twitter employees were caught off-guard by recent events.
Working with people from other fields may help artists and thinkers contribute to the corporate world in useful ways that the current paradigm does not allow.
There's been a lot of discussion on Twitter recently about so-called 10x engineers.
Employee wellbeing is a challenge in this world as i89% of employees have worked while feeling unwell.
Five reasons of why working in a startup might be more rewarding than position in a big-name company for specialists, who are focused on career achievements.
HackerNoon is trying to settle a debate: do the international (non-UK) folks order a “pint” of beer, or just generally connect a “pint” with drinking?
The pandemic has changed the rules of the game, influencing how we take care of our health, our leisure, and especially how we work.
Despite articles and studies claiming it dead, command and control remain in around nine out of ten organizations.
Before we attempt to answer the challenge of how to build trust over Zoom, Loom, Slack. Let’s try to analyze what built trust
A self-help blog on how to survive the industry pressure and revolutionize the toxic work culture into something that might become sustainable eventually.
Annie is a software engineering leader on Square’s platform & infrastructure engineering organization. Prior to Square, she worked at a number of startups across a spectrum of industries from consumer products to enterprise solutions, as well as a wide variety of teams from sales to engineering.
Bright CEOs belong in the past. Web3 is talent-centric and doesn't need a "charismatic leader" to become successful. Well, are we right, or are we right?
All software companies must take an intentional and structured approach to code reviews. Here are some tips on how to do that.
ENBISYS CEO shares his tips on running software development company and how his team manages to stay abreast of technology development.
Understanding group dynamics and how team-building, when done correctly, can dramatically improve workplace efficiency.
I just finished watching “The Office”. Funny on the surface, but very satirical and even dark once you go a layer below.
DevOps giant GitLab are one of the leading fully remote tech companies. They have produced a ‘Remote Playbook’ to guide companies looking to adopt remote workin
Can your company hire for both diversity and culture? Learn how to prioritize and balance both through talent intelligence and psychological data.
Here are some of the best practices for developing an internal communication strategy that makes sense for your organization.
What would you do if your employer suddenly announced that everyone needed to work from the office? Just kidding, it's just a really good joke.
Focusing on cultural transformation can bring big rewards, including an 85% net profit increase in just five years. But employees sometimes resist this change.
The internet and rise of micro-entrepreneurship
Anyone with enough job experience knows that some jobs can leave you completely exhausted at the end of the day — while others make you excited, proud, and willing to do more. Sometimes people experience these opposite effects from jobs that are in fact quite similar in terms of responsibilities. So what can account for this difference?
Federico Toledo, wraps up season three of Quality Sense with an illuminating interview with a leader in the DEI space.
TL;DR: All Hacker Noon full time employees and long-term part-time contractors are now eligible to enter our fully-funded Mental Health initiative. Plus a few tips on how to make Remote Work work.
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Employee wellness programs have become a staple in many companies as a way to attract top talent, keep them happy and productive, and decrease employee turnover.
Companies need to adapt to the changes necessary in a hybrid workspace to set employees up for success.
Offsites are a big part of remote teams. They allow everyone to socialize, connect more deeply with coworkers, and help build shared experiences and empathy. Even if video calls are a great tool to share information, they can be tiring. It's too easy to miss non-verbal cues. Chance encounters over coffee never happen, and we don’t always experience the same personal connections that come from small-talk. That’s the downside of remote work, and that's why meeting a few times a year is a great way to fill the gap!
Let’s take a look at some benefits of team building activities and games at the workplace.
A robust DevOps team facilitates faster development of new products.
The digital transformation process of the business. The role of communication during the fundamental change. Agility as the locomotive of transformation.
Your company’s brand is an essential yet intangible asset that narrates how your audience views your organization. It’s no longer sufficient to merely develop your branding. To be sustainable, you must also future-proof your brand, ensuring that you evolve with industry trends and stay relevant to a digital audience.
If we wish to communicate effectively, we must understand how culture affects communication. Here's a communication design to avoid conflicts and uncertainty.
On this episode of the HackerNoon podcast, Amy Tom and Michael Brooks get into everything freelance. They dive into https://golance.com, Michael’s freelance marketplace company. How it came about and Michael’s insights on running it. They talk about wild experiences like getting kicked out of Belarus and taking a shot of Brandy first thing every morning before work in Serbia. It’s a wild ride and you definitely should tune in! Brandy or coffee in hand, your choice ;) 🍻
