Every developer who has ever participated in a startup knows that this is a challenge. Business, marketing, and technical specialists have to work together to achieve a goal and become a successful company. The following article describes several common technical issues that developers have to avoid at any cost.
Read MoreThere is a common issue in working with people — they can think using only known patterns and can not take a step further. This issue is especially important in the R&D areas where the main goal is to invent new and better approaches. What can we do about it?
Read MoreEvery time a customer starts working with new software he needs support from the technical team to explain how new feature works. However, not everybody understands and accepts this approach, and so a customer may be very disappointed. Let us have a look at the common issues in the communication between the technical support team and customer, and see how to deal with them.
Read MoreThe effort and the result have an interesting relation. There is even a common rule — 10% of effort responsible for 90% of the result, while the other 90% of effort usually spent on the other 10%. It may sound unusual, but there is a grain of truth here. Let us try to figure it out.
Read MoreEverybody probably heard about such an activity and participated in one. However, some people do not like to visit such events arguing that they do not have time, or they have other tasks to do, and so on. Sometimes that may be true, sometimes not. So, what is going on there, why some people avoid such events, and how to deal with this situation?
Read MoreCode review is one of the best practices commonly used in software development. Many developers include it in their development workflows. However, code review has some traits which many consider as disadvantages. Let us see these traits and find a way to deal with them.
Read MoreIt is not a secret that labor and time are the most expensive parts of almost any production process. Many companies start optimization from the human resources side — e.g., by simplifying processes and decreasing the required amount of work. Let us check the history of physical and intellectual labor and try to predict what is waiting for us in the future.
Read MoreWhy some people can work on multiple tasks simultaneously, and others not? Why good employers give their workers private rooms? Why is it essential to organize your work correctly? Find the answers to these questions below.
Read MoreWhy are some employers looking for the junior specialist, while others need seniors? Why may a senior specialist have a salary ten times greater than a junior? And why this separation exists at all? Let us check what is the difference between different levels of specialists, and try to answer these questions.
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