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Three Ways to Build Up New Teammates as a Technical Mentor

The best way to help someone come up to speed in skills and methodologies is to work directly with them, side-by-side. Pair programming is the perfect chance to nudge people into g

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Providing Guidance as a Seasoned Maker

The experience and wisdom you've gained during your career is invaluable to junior makers. There are many ways you can leverage your experience to help your team grow and mature.

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Begin Your Career with the End in Mind

A job is usually a means to an end — a tool to get something else you want. Think about what you’d like to be doing, who you’d like to be doing it with, and where you’d like to be

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Four Ways to Replace Meeting Doldrums with Energy & Productivity

Meetings often feel like a waste of time. But the work we do is getting increasingly more interrelated, and it's crucial to agree on a unified path and to break up work—all of whic

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Three Questions to Ask Your New Pair (and Yourself!)

If you learn how the other person works, you can integrate it thoughtfully into your own workflow. It’s not always a perfect match, but a little forethought goes a long way!

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Four Essential Tips for Easy Project Onboarding

Every project contains an intricate set of variables, processes, and tools that make them successful, and it’s your job to learn all of them by yesterday.

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Early Career Advice: Optimize for Continued Learning

My recommendation, especially early in your career, is to optimize your next move for learning. Start thinking about what you’ll find valuable five, ten, or more years.

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Choosing a Conference in 2018? Four Questions to Ask Yourself

Are you heading to a conference in 2018? It's time to plan and set goals! Here are four questions to ask yourself to ensure a fun, productive, and value-filled year of professional

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Software Dev. Career, Year One: Expectations vs. Reality

The last twelve months have completely flown by, and it's my one year "AO-versary." With this career achievement unlocked, I thought I would take a look back on how things have gon

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Why a No-moonlighting Guideline Benefits Employees

Moonlighting isn't just something that's in competition with my company; it's very much in competition with me being my best self.

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Atomic Launches Leadership Fundamentals Course

We're launching a Leadership Fundamentals course for our employees — and looking for two new developers to join our team in Grand Rapids and grow along with us.

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How Taking “Half-Steps” Can Further Your Career (& How Your Company Can Help)

Half-steps are a great, low-risk way for you and your company to experiment with new roles or ways of approaching workload and career development.

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