Someone recently asked me how we’ve built such a great culture at Unbounce. I thought about it for a minute and responded that we didn’t do anything really, all we’ve done is hire good people and stay out of their way. We’ve never really sat down and asked “how do we make a great culture?” You can’t create culture, but great culture “may” develop as a result of a handful deliberate actions. Let me elaborate. Read More...
Unbounce’s development team has been led by our fearless leader Carl Schmidt since day one. As CTO he has steered product decisions, worked tirelessly on expanding our infrastructure and been hands on with hiring new team members. Now in our 4th year, it is time for him to pass the torch of some of his operational role to our newest Unbouncer and Director of Engineering, Geoff Webb. A little bit about Read More...
I included my name in the title because public speaking, and the long long journey it’s been to make it happen, is all about putting yourself out there. Well. I’m out there. Kinda. Since we started Unbounce, Rick and many others in the marketing world have been asking or trying to persuade me to speak. To get on the circuit or at least at a few conferences. I was mortified Read More...
One of the many awesome perks of working at Unbounce is that all employees get 4 weeks vacation and a $1000 vacation bonus. We are firm believers in the ‘work hard, play hard’ mentality. Our beloved product designer Vivi recently took full advantage of this and has just returned from a pretty epic trip to Indonesia and Singapore. Her favourite moment of the trip? “When I saw the Kecak Dance Read More...
The Theory “…large numbers of defects are often more attributable to the complexity and risk of a piece of code than to the author’s abilities.” – Jason Cohen Code review is like test-driven development, version control, and brushing your teeth. Everyone knows they’re good ideas and yet not everyone does them. At Unbounce we review all code changes before they’re allowed anywhere near the master branch, our implicit assumption being Read More...