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The Super Powers of Full Stack: Fracturing Responsibilities Fractures Results

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To many, the term full-stack development may sound like a buzz word that is just a trendy concept, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. As the title suggests, it does give your development team superpowers. …

10 Minutes Could Save You On More Than Car Insurance: How We Take Time to Build Quality In

Roanoke,VA/March 16,2019 Geico gecko at St Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Roanoke.

Many modern software teams do not give enough attention to the quality of their work. We spend a lot of time improving our processes of how we write and deploy code and delivering great products that our …

Cool Wave: How to Navigate Hiring and Interviewing for Product Management Jobs

Surfer attempting to exit wave after ride is upside down in the air with surf board flying above.

Last quarter, we hired a new Product Manager to support our growing team. After navigating a sea of candidates, we were lucky to hire a great fit for our team. However, the process was not easy, and …

So You Want to be a Product Manager

So you want to be a Product Manager? And not only in title! You aren’t looking to write requirements, hand them off to the development team, release, and repeat. You’re looking to discover the right problems and …

Sharpen Your Axe: How Slowing Down Can Help You Speed Up

MAN VS TREE A young man was walking down his street and saw his neighbor chopping down a tree in his yard. The young man stopped and watched for a while and noticed his neighbor getting very …

In the Competitive Arena: How a Change in Perspective Can Bring a Lot of Joy

Some people love competition. However, when the subject of competition comes up during a coaching session, the emotions instead are usually centered on anxiety and fear. How is it possible for competition to evoke pure joy in …

Removing All Confusion: Expectations of a Product Manager

We’ve written a lot about Product Management. Nikki wrote a blog post about how to find a good position when you’re searching. There is another post about how the title “Product Manager” can mean so many different …

Quality as a Responsibility, Not a Role

There are all kinds of checks and balances that can be put into place, and much planning and preparation that comes with the territory of ensuring high-quality software. But sometimes – despite our best efforts – errors …

Finding Momentum: Why Pace is More Important than Position

An industry partner recently praised our CEO for the speed at which we were executing on our strategic plan. The praise felt particularly good because the industry partner had some insight into our competitors. In comparison to …

Great Expectations: Software Engineers

When we chat with professionals in the Software Engineering community, we often hear painful stories from their work lives. “An engineer spent a week building a new feature only to discover a teammate changed a critical interface …