Digital Agency Life
The role of the engagement manager
December 11, 2018
What would you say you do here? The engagement manager (EM) is a key role at Culture Foundry. I'm going to discuss the role, but wanted to mention two key caveats: I am not an engagement manager, so I don't…
Develop Denver Conference Recap
November 19, 2018
A recap of my two days at Develop Denver. I recently had the opportunity to attend and speak at Develop Denver. This is a conference in Denver that covered all aspects of the development experience, from design to devops. Uniquely…
What are the benefits of remote work?
November 14, 2018
Remote work is pretty sweet. But how, specifically? At Culture Foundry, we are a 100% remote company. We have offices, but they are purely conveniences. This structure has a lot of benefits for employees. There is no commute. Every week,…
What are the challenges of remote work?
October 27, 2018
Remote work has many benefits. But what are some of the challenges you face when working remotely? Recently I posted about the benefits of remote work, from an employee perspective. There's always a flip side to any situation and in…
Context Switching: Tips to Minimize the Cost
October 23, 2018
Life comes at you fast in a digital agency. How can developers keep flowing? We are a digital consultancy with a number of clients. Some are actively under development, some are not. We have far fewer team members than clients.…
Why are we here? When a Remote Company has an In-person Offsite
October 5, 2018
This week the Culture Foundry team had its first ever onsite meet-up in Boulder, CO. Working remote has many perks from flexibility in schedules, a better work-life balance, to being able to work with people from all across the US.…
GopherCon – A Beginner’s View
September 5, 2018
I recently attended GopherCon 2018. This conference brings together a large community centered around the Go language. I wanted to share a beginner's view of the conference, as this was the first one I've attended, and I've only been working…
Running a remote hackfest
August 27, 2018
Hackfests (or hackathons or hack weeks) are a great way to refresh your team, explore new technologies in a low impact manner, and built connections between people. More on hackfests here. I've previously run and been part of in person…
Designing systems to help remote workers share skills
August 9, 2018
Working in a remote company makes it more difficult to have the regular "tap the person on the shoulder" interaction that sometimes leads to knowledge transfer. You also don't have the (sometimes noisy) osmosis process that can take place when…
Remote Developers and Developer Club
July 2, 2018
At Culture Foundry we are 100% remote. We have core hours, but other than that, we don't care if you live in Kalamazoo or Timbuktu. As long as you have a fast internet connection. We use a variety of tools,…
