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    Management is a thankless job

    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
    The Story of How we made Wix Accessible

    The Story of How we made Wix Accessible

    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 cours...
    Chat etiquette

    Chat etiquette

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

    Google AMP conf - Summary

    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 parti...

    Be Positive

    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 ...
    10 minutes writing drill

    10 minutes writing drill

    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? Beca...
    Let the journey begin

    Let the journey begin

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

    First one on one

    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 ...
    Team Values

    Team Values

    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 ev...

    Offsite - Day 4 and Summary

    The offsite concluded in a day (half a day, actually) dedicated to discussing the new structure and practices. This was a day that I plan...
    Offsite - Day 3

    Offsite - Day 3

    3rd day of the offsite was dedicated to an outdoors activity. The second best way to cause developer bonding is by drinking together (The...
    Offsite - Day 2

    Offsite - Day 2

    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 nex...

    Offsite - Day 1

    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 deci...
    Politics

    Politics

    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 ...
    Working with Offshore Office

    Working with Offshore Office

    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...
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