We use a Slackbot to ask everyone for a written standup update, answering a few questions:
- What did you do on your last working day?
- What are you doing today?
- Are you blocked?
- Would you like a conversation with anyone (to get unblocked or anything else)?
- Any announcements, like PTO?
And that gets posted in Slack at a certain time. The goal of this is transparency for what folks are working on, giving people the opportunity to raise blockers, and announcements.
We then have a scheduled 15 minutes a day to just hang. We have a check-in question that's not work related and we use the time to socially connect. We are a fully remote company that used to be in-office, and we found the opportunities to build & grow these connections are not available in a remote + scheduled Zoom world like they were in office.
> We then have a scheduled 15 minutes a day to just hang
This sounds awful to me. Not sure why it would ever need to come to that: forcing people into a room every day and telling them to connect with each other. It just seems forced and phony.
You already work together full time, and I assume you interact with each other as a normal part of your work? If not, maybe you aren't really on the same team, in which case why not invite accounting and HR into your social time?
The fine Hetchr folks recently gave me a demo of the product, listened to my feedback, and more, which is greatly appreciated. It was refreshing to see the patience they had with me as I talked through my use cases, frustrations, and my thoughts on areas for improvement.
Secondly, I've been working on bringing Hetchr into my worflow, specifically with Github Pull Requests and JIRA Kanban board. Having everything in place where I can take a quick glance to see how things are going is very easy.
I'll keep on eye on how Hetchr executes on their roadmap, on feedback, and responding to bugs. Best of luck, Hetchr team!
I don't work at August Health, but I want to chime in and say that Erez and team are building something really exciting here. I'd reach out if you're looking for something mission driven with passionate founders.
The common retort from SPA devs is "what about offline?" Since LiveView keeps state on the server, it doesn't really work offline.
However, 1) you can add custom JS using LiveView's hooks, which might be enough for very simple offline behavior and 2) many SPAs don't work offline either.
If offline support is a major part of your app's design, LiveView isn't a good fit. But you could still use Phoenix Channels (the building block underneath LiveView) to provide fast push updates to your client. See the channels docs for an idea of how they work - https://hexdocs.pm/phoenix/channels.html
I'm not the person you asked this, but the BEAM (and phoenix by extension) excels in highly parallel contexts.
basically if you got an application which wants to connect everyone to each other in real time, thats a perfect usecase for the BEAM. so chat rooms, live-feeds, comments, video/audio conferencing, etc.
and thats also exactly where phoenix excels in my opinion as a occasional user. (never professionally though)
quick and seamless communication between silly amounts of people with almost negligible amount of resources while being error tolerant to an extreme (functional, so almost no state)
just try it out on a weekend. its definitely worth it just to see how web-development couldve been. you'll probably go back to the old way, because thats just how you earn your money and where you already have your expertise... but its definitely amazing to see how easy it can be
It has a nice GUI for different option strategies. Great website and mobile. Fairly cheap commissions too. If you are just buying/holding shares probably not the right platform.
Abl Schools | Staff Frontend Engineer | San Francisco |Full-time | ONSITE | www.ablschools.com
Technology has made the world more connected, fundamentally changing how we live, work and interact; yet traditional schools have not evolved to prepare students for the 21st century. Replacing textbooks with tablets won’t be enough. We believe schools need a new foundation. That’s why we’re building a web-based school scheduling platform, that allows administrators to put master schedules and daily calendars into a single cloud-based system. We are creating the next generation of software for all K12 schools to fundamentally change how they design, measure and improve their schools. We are also a company that deeply values diversity in every way.
Personal note: I've been on the Abl engineering team for two years and I love it. The mission and the team make coming into work _awesome_. The interview process is, in my opinion, very fair. You won't be asked to white board and we understand that the process is just as much the candidate getting to know the company as it is the other way around.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me - my contact info is in my profile.
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the qualifications as described in a job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We would encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of our qualifications described.
We are seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to join our team and help build products that support our mission. We are growing quickly and there is a lot to do! Your contributions will have a meaningful impact on our company.
Qualifications
* Experience with JavaScript frameworks such as React, Backbone, Angular etc.
* You should have a great feel for user experience and an eye for beautiful designs
* Bring a deep understanding of best practices in design, optimization, interaction, and usability
* Continual learning of emerging technologies/industry trends
* Familiarity with the whole web stack, including protocols and web server optimization techniques
Your Impact
* Work collaboratively with the Product and Design team to understand the experiences and pain points of schools, teachers, and students
* Define and build compelling new products and exciting new features that give educators insights that will enable them to optimize how they use their resources
* Use your extensive knowledge of front-end technologies to build high-quality designs that are scalable
* Manage code review, increase performance, and communicate best front-end engineering practices
* Create a first of its kind interface that will progress K-12 schools and their communities
We use a Slackbot to ask everyone for a written standup update, answering a few questions:
- What did you do on your last working day? - What are you doing today? - Are you blocked? - Would you like a conversation with anyone (to get unblocked or anything else)? - Any announcements, like PTO?
And that gets posted in Slack at a certain time. The goal of this is transparency for what folks are working on, giving people the opportunity to raise blockers, and announcements.
We then have a scheduled 15 minutes a day to just hang. We have a check-in question that's not work related and we use the time to socially connect. We are a fully remote company that used to be in-office, and we found the opportunities to build & grow these connections are not available in a remote + scheduled Zoom world like they were in office.