Ohad Laufer

Management is a thankless job

I came up with the title for this article following a recent argument I’ve had at the workplace. Then, just before starting to write - I goo

One of Wix’s known mottos is “The Way the Web was Meant to Be”. We at WIx truly believe that everyone should have a website, and of...

As the different chat and messaging services are invading our lives, I've decided to put together a list of rules that everyone should...

Last week I attended AMP conference by Google in NY. In addition to the sessions I attended, I also got a chance to discuss AMP in...

The other day I got some valuable feedback from my manager. Too often I come up as too pessimistic, borderline bad-tempered. This didn't...

As many others do, I going to start a new experiment - for the next 10 days I'll spend the first 10 minutes of the day writing. Why?...

After a long break, we plan to start recruiting again, and this time from a more powerful position. Previously when I recruited, I was...

I recently read this post about Questions to ask on the first 1:1 with a new employee. I must say that only from reading the topic I had...

Every team should have a set of values they agree on and can always get back to. While that's not always easy to achieve. I think that...

The offsite concluded in a day (half a day, actually) dedicated to discussing the new structure and practices. This was a day that I...

3rd day of the offsite was dedicated to an outdoors activity. The second best way to cause developer bonding is by drinking together (The...

The second day of the offsite was dedicated to our product. Tomer, our Product Manager, lead this day and its goals were: Sync on the...

Previously on the Blog team: I wrote in the past about my pitch to get a new team from Ukraine. Time have passed and it was actually...

No, I'm not gonna talk about Trump. I want to share an experience I had recently and the emotions that followed it. If you're not new to...

My dev team is buid of 5 developers, 3 of which are stationed in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. I've been managing offshore for about 1.5 years...