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Fast-growing livestream shopping platform Whatnot acquires Pastel Labs, hires VP of engineering

TechCrunch

To aid on that front, Whatnot is making two key hires, one of which involves the acquisition of Pastel Labs, a company founded in 2020 by Jeff Chang , previously the technical lead for Pinterest’s growth team and a well-known growth advisor. Whatnot raises another $150M for its livestream shopping platform, evolves into a unicorn.

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Travelling Turns Smarter With Mobile Ticketing Apps – Here’s How!

Xicom

Also Read : A QUICK GUIDE TO HELP YOU WITH SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. And, one of the quickest and effective ways to strengthen a city transit is by integrating mobile ticketing – a smarter way which is becoming ubiquitous each day with the right iOS and Android app development services across the USA. . Image Source.

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Investing in Career Growth & Team Development – Advice From 3 Engineering Leaders

Gitprime

Yet from a higher level, our role is to ensure that both engineers and teams continue to grow and develop. With an eye on the long-term health of our teams, our engineers, and our companies, that latter responsibility is at least as critical as the products we deliver. FIND OTHER OBJECTIVES TO COLLECT ALONG THE WAY.

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Leading Remote and Distributed Engineering Teams – Top Takeaways from the Panel

Gitprime

Mailchimp’s engineering team is about 350 people, both distributed and remote, across the United States. Katie Womersley , VP of Engineering at Buffer. Buffer has a fully distributed engineering team—no home base, no hub, no offices. The engineering org is 35 people worldwide, covering nearly every time zone.

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On Becoming a VP of Engineering, Part 2: Doing the Job

Honeycomb

Charity once said an off-hand sentence that became a mantra for my transition into the VP of Engineering role: “Directors run the company.” A successful startup engineering team has to say no to tantalizing opportunities constantly.

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The Ultimate Workplace Productivity Guide You Should Read to Get Things Done

Codegiant

This means out of the nine-hour shift, you’ll find an average employee being productive for less than three hours. And here it goes: Let’s say you own a sports shoes manufacturing company and produced 5,000 pairs of shoes in the month of May. That’s insane. How to Increase Productivity in Business? What is Workplace Productivity?

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The Ultimate Workplace Productivity Guide You Should Read to Get Things Done

Codegiant

This means out of the nine-hour shift, you’ll find an average employee being productive for less than three hours. And here it goes: Let’s say you own a sports shoes manufacturing company and produced 5,000 pairs of shoes in the month of May. That’s insane. How to Increase Productivity in Business?