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Fast-growing livestream shopping platform Whatnot acquires Pastel Labs, hires VP of engineering

TechCrunch

To aid on that front, Whatnot is making two key hires, one of which involves the acquisition of Pastel Labs, a company founded in 2020 by Jeff Chang , previously the technical lead for Pinterest’s growth team and a well-known growth advisor. Whatnot raises another $150M for its livestream shopping platform, evolves into a unicorn.

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Leading Remote and Distributed Engineering Teams – Top Takeaways from the Panel

Gitprime

Mailchimp’s engineering team is about 350 people, both distributed and remote, across the United States. Katie Womersley , VP of Engineering at Buffer. Buffer has a fully distributed engineering team—no home base, no hub, no offices. The engineering org is 35 people worldwide, covering nearly every time zone.

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The Ultimate Workplace Productivity Guide You Should Read to Get Things Done

Codegiant

This means out of the nine-hour shift, you’ll find an average employee being productive for less than three hours. And here it goes: Let’s say you own a sports shoes manufacturing company and produced 5,000 pairs of shoes in the month of May. That’s insane. How to Increase Productivity in Business? What is Workplace Productivity?

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The Ultimate Workplace Productivity Guide You Should Read to Get Things Done

Codegiant

This means out of the nine-hour shift, you’ll find an average employee being productive for less than three hours. And here it goes: Let’s say you own a sports shoes manufacturing company and produced 5,000 pairs of shoes in the month of May. That’s insane. How to Increase Productivity in Business?

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The Ultimate Workplace Productivity Guide You Should Read to Get Things Done

Codegiant

This means out of the nine-hour shift, you’ll find an average employee being productive for less than three hours. And here it goes: Let’s say you own a sports shoes manufacturing company and produced 5,000 pairs of shoes in the month of May. That’s insane. How to Increase Productivity in Business?

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Investing in Career Growth & Team Development – Advice From 3 Engineering Leaders

Gitprime

With an eye on the long-term health of our teams, our engineers, and our companies, that latter responsibility is at least as critical as the products we deliver. Our panelists offered their insights into how to mark the continuous journey of a software engineer between the big promotions. We didn’t have anything defined,” he says.

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Travelling Turns Smarter With Mobile Ticketing Apps – Here’s How!

Xicom

The mobile ticketing trend is here for a long stay among numerous sports and entertainment events. For example, in Europe, numerous big American Football stadiums and other related sports opted mobile ticketing, and with aficionados entering stadiums via mobile accessed provisions, this trend is predicted to achieve attention in Europe.

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