What we got up to on our offsite — Gousto Tech blog readers may remember the team flocking to rural Hampshire for our first product design team offsite in February 2022. We’ve since had a bit of a growth spurt with five fresh faces joining the crew. …

What do you imagine when you hear the word mentor? You might picture someone high up in their career, guiding a graduate fresh out of the University oven. Or maybe you think about a master of their craft helping to fine-tune someone’s skills? …

Why having effective design critiques makes you a better designer — I went to a girl’s grammar school where you were encouraged to be anything you wanted to be, nothing was too ambitious. Astrophysicist? Definitely. Brain surgeon? No brainer. The person who would single-handedly cure cancer, end climate change and eradicate world poverty? They would be disappointed if you weren’t. In…

How regularly talking to our customers helps improve our product — We’re a chatty bunch at Gousto. From nattering over how to improve our basket functionality to debating where in the UK each Harry Potter character would live (that’s right, we’ve put Voldemort in the Barbican), we love to talk. That doesn’t stop within the team — we love talking to…

How our pairing process adapted while the world was busy having a global pandemic. — It’s an understatement to say that the C-word has well and truly turned every aspect of our lives upside down; work being no exception. For those of us making a living in the tech industry, working remotely has been a relatively easy transition from office to — well — home…

If you’re reading this through the lens of a product designer, I’m sure there’ve been times where your stakeholders were itching for you to conjure some spec-ready designs at the drop of a hat. They want to crack on with building the feature/page/concept you’re exploring — and time is money…

In April 2018, I’d ventured on my first ever trip to Asia to visit my best mate over in Hong Kong. I was so excited to meet new people, visit old relics, and stuff my face full of char siu bao buns. When returning back to normality everyone asked about…