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

Gitprime

Leaders of distributed engineering teams shouldn’t have to work up solutions to these problems from scratch. So we held a panel discussion with three of today’s top engineering leaders to discuss approaches and lessons learned in building, growing, and maintaining remote and distributed teams.

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

Gitprime

As engineering managers and leaders, our job of course is to help our teams deliver value to the organization and its customers. Yet from a higher level, our role is to ensure that both engineers and teams continue to grow and develop. How do you create a tangible sense of growth for engineers between promotions?

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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.” My priority number one had been to “run engineering well.” 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?