Growing as Makers Use Community Forums to Launch Your Professional Knowledge and Career Utilizing Discord communities to talk about niche technologies and their implementations can kickstart your career!
Growing as Makers Progress: An Exploration of Growth It can be difficult to track, measure, or describe a sense of progress, especially early on in your career.
Growing as Makers Atomic Con: The Value of Hosting an Internal Conference Our next internal conference, Atomic Con, will be held in early 2024, and our planning committee has already gotten the ball rolling.
Growing as Makers What Does Being a Good Leader Mean? Making Life Easier for Your Team In the end, if you ensured that the problem was addressed, you were a good leader, no matter how you did it.
Personal Optimization A Note to My Former Self: It’s Okay to Make Friendships at Work It's okay: make friendships at work. When you know and trust your coworkers, you'll collaborate more effectively and communicate openly.
Growing as Makers Stuck? Ask Better Questions Problem-solving is tough, but one way you can get to a solution more quickly is by asking better questions.
Growing as Makers How I Get The Most Out of a Software Conference Attending conferences is a great way to stay up to date on trends in the industry. Here's how I get the most out of a software conference.
Project & Team Management Is a Small Team or Large One Better for a Junior Dev? It Depends. In my time at Atomic Object, I’ve worked on a small team with only one other developer and on a larger team with seven developers.
Growing as Makers Answering the Question, “What’s Your Professional Opinion?” Do you freeze when someone asks for your "professional opinion?" With a little preparation, you can form and share a strong, valuable professional opinion.
The Software Life Don’t Let Perfection Stop You from Being Great Striving for perfection can be seen as a strength. But too often, a perfectionist's standards shift from incredibly high to impossibly high.
The Software Life The Impact of Hobbies on Personal and Professional Growth I have gained so much through the experience of trying new hobbies, from improved mental health to camaraderie and friendship.
Growing as Makers Want a Mentor? Ask Yourself These Questions First. Starting a mentoring relationship can be challenging. Here are a few areas of inquiry I have used to prepare to get a relationship started.
