Adel SmeeinZendesk EngineeringSaying The Quiet Part Out Loud — Authoring the Zendesk Engineering Job ArchitectureA few years ago I was in a one-on-one with an engineer who reported to me at the time. They had created unhappy waves by making critical…Jul 14, 2021Jul 14, 2021
Adel SmeeinZendesk EngineeringPart 2 — Zendesk Spotlight: Our Career-Changer Engineers.Following on from Zendesk Spotlight: Our Career-Changer Engineers I received so many words of wisdom from our career-changer engineers…Mar 5, 2020Mar 5, 2020
Adel SmeeinZendesk EngineeringZendesk Spotlight: Our Career-Changer Engineers.The ex-barista you hire today could be your future Global Architect!May 30, 2019May 30, 2019
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Adel SmeeinZendesk EngineeringZenLove — experimenting with a Kudos boardOne of the Zendesk company goals (or ABZs) for 2015 was “Zendesk should feel like Zendesk”. Which is both a really cool goal (for those…May 16, 20161May 16, 20161