Team Management

Leading a team of developers is hard, these articles cover how we've approached leadership and management.

Pros and cons of hiring freelance ruby developers

Pros and cons of hiring freelance ruby developers

The decision to go with hiring an employee, hiring a freelancer, or going with an agency is a hard one, we talk through some pros and cons for each

We helped Niice get their ISO certification

We helped Niice get their ISO certification

We're so happy to share that Niice achieved their ISO certification, we played a small part of it.

Meeting Agendas (and why you should have them)

Meeting Agendas (and why you should have them)

Please, please, please add meeting agendas to your meeting invites

Four tools I use to keep projects on track

Four tools I use to keep projects on track

Incomplete projects are the worst; here I discuss my workflow and tools to try and complete a project as soon as possible

What I look for in a CTO

What I look for in a CTO

There are eight things I always look for when deciding if someone would make a good CTO

Essential non-programming skills for engineers

Essential non-programming skills for engineers

How soft skills benefited my career and can help your career too

Exit Interviews

Exit Interviews

Why exit interviews are important and how to go about doing one

Tips for how to ask for time off to attend conferences

Tips for how to ask for time off to attend conferences

Asking for time off to attend a conference can be nerve-racking, these tips will get you closer to attending the conferences you're interested in

How to get spoken to at conferences

How to get spoken to at conferences

Speaking to people is over-rated, let people speak to you

Dealing with team culture and an employees depression

Dealing with team culture and an employees depression

What to do if your employee is worried about team culture and their depression

Lead Developer Conference Reading List

Lead Developer Conference Reading List

My Reading list have the Lead Developer Conference in London recently

Close proximity leads to ideas being shared too soon

Close proximity leads to ideas being shared too soon

Does sharing a close proximity with someone lead to ideas being shared too soon? I think so

What to do when things go wrong

What to do when things go wrong

Steps to take when something goes horribly wrong with a website or app that you are building

Debriefing Development Teams

Debriefing Development Teams

11 Best Practices and Tips I borrowed from an article aimed at intensive care situations

What I would look for in a junior developer

What I would look for in a junior developer

Some things which I think are good qualities in a junior developer, if I seen these shine through in a portfolio or CV, I'd be happy!

How the technical direction of a project can be influenced

How the technical direction of a project can be influenced

How outside and internal influences can change project direction

My time at Buffer wasn't great

My time at Buffer wasn't great

How things just didn't work out between me and my job at Buffer

Some Interview Tips for Junior Developers

Some Interview Tips for Junior Developers

Some tips for helping you through a software engineering interview

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