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  • From zero experience to public speaker

    From zero experience to public speaker

    Some steps to help fast-track your public speaking
    Go to the profile of Sybil Hoang
    Sybil Hoang
    Mar 3
    Call to action for CIOs and CTOs — use your laptop refresh #laptopsforkids — An update

    Call to action for CIOs and CTOs — use your laptop refresh #laptops...

    With lockdown three biting hard and parents returning to teaching their children from home Mark Cheverton Redgate’s CTO (Chief Technology…
    Go to the profile of Damon Witherick
    Damon Witherick
    Mar 2
    How we restructured and rebuilt our teams in a remote world

    How we restructured and rebuilt our teams in a remote world

    CORE is a function within Redgate’s engineering team of around 45 people. We’re a mixture of development and operational teams whose role…
    Go to the profile of Damon Witherick
    Damon Witherick
    Mar 2
    Distributed working: Working, from <insert location>

    Distributed working: Working, from <insert location>

    Think back to the time when we used to go in to an office to work. In the office, my day would consist of some desk time, going to…
    Go to the profile of Chris George
    Chris George
    Feb 26
    Documentation as Code — Adventures with DocFx

    Documentation as Code — Adventures with DocFx

    One of the growing topics in technical authoring over the past few years has been Documentation as Code — a philosophy that “you should be…
    Go to the profile of Gareth Bragg
    Gareth Bragg
    Feb 23
    An ode to Paradigms of AI Programming

    An ode to Paradigms of AI Programming

    A few words on why Paradigms of AI Programming should be on your bookshelf!
    Go to the profile of Jeff Foster
    Jeff Foster
    Feb 16
    The Tuesday Failure Club

    The Tuesday Failure Club

    When I investigate a bug, I much prefer that its behavior is consistent and repeatable. If I apply the same inputs again, I get the same…
    Go to the profile of Rob Clenshaw
    Rob Clenshaw
    Feb 12
    Software Leadership Roles at Redgate

    Software Leadership Roles at Redgate

    We’ve already shared what a software engineering career looks like at Redgate, but there’s far more to the modern software organisation…
    Go to the profile of Gareth Bragg
    Gareth Bragg
    Feb 12
    Feedback-feedback on Mobbing

    Feedback-feedback on Mobbing

    We’ve gotten some great feedback on our recent article on Mobbing! Thank you for that; please keep it coming!
    Go to the profile of Sami Lamti
    Sami Lamti
    Feb 9
    How did our first remote annual reteaming go?

    How did our first remote annual reteaming go?

    This post shares the results of our annual self-selection reteaming process and how we had to adapt the activity during a national lockdown
    Go to the profile of Chris Smith
    Chris Smith
    Jan 27
    The Evolution of Tech at Redgate

    The Evolution of Tech at Redgate

    Redgate’s Technology stack has morphed. A few years ago, if you were a developer at Redgate you probably spent most of your time working…
    Go to the profile of Jeff Foster
    Jeff Foster
    Jan 15
    Call to action for CIOs and CTOs — use your laptop refresh #laptopsforkids

    Call to action for CIOs and CTOs — use your laptop refresh #laptops...

    Every year businesses across the UK refresh huge numbers of laptops for their employees. I’m calling on CIOs and CTOs across those…
    Go to the profile of Mark Cheverton
    Mark Cheverton
    Jan 11
    Redgate Code Club 2.0

    Redgate Code Club 2.0

    Back in March 2020 as schools in the UK closed, we started a weekly online code club for kids. 800 students and 1500 hours of learning…
    Go to the profile of Tim Dalton
    Tim Dalton
    Jan 8
    What does a Software Engineering career look like at Redgate?

    What does a Software Engineering career look like at Redgate?

    There’s no “one right way” to build software, and there’s no “one right way” to grow your career in software either. That can make it hard…
    Go to the profile of Gareth Bragg
    Gareth Bragg
    Jan 7
    Managing unmanaged objects in C#

    Managing unmanaged objects in C#

    Solving a tricky race condition in three different ways
    Go to the profile of Mark Jordan
    Mark Jordan
    Jan 4
    A guide to avoiding OKR pitfalls (with worksheet)

    A guide to avoiding OKR pitfalls (with worksheet)

    Redgate, like many other companies, use OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) to help teams understand and describe their goals. And also like…
    Go to the profile of Michael Upton
    Michael Upton
    Dec 18, 2020
    What was the impact of Level Up Week 2020?

    What was the impact of Level Up Week 2020?

    What did Redgaters make of Level Up Week 2020, our virtual company L&D conference, and did it have the impact we were hoping for?
    Go to the profile of Chris Smith
    Chris Smith
    Dec 15, 2020
    How Focusing on Outcomes led to a Progression Framework

    How Focusing on Outcomes led to a Progression Framework

    We’ve recently shared about Redgate’s new Progression Framework, and how it’s helping folks at Redgate develop their skills and careers.
    Go to the profile of Gareth Bragg
    Gareth Bragg
    Dec 15, 2020
    Level Up Week 2020: How we evolved our internal tech conference for our remote-first world

    Level Up Week 2020: How we evolved our internal tech conference for...

    How we turned our internal tech conference into a virtual, global company event bringing Redgaters together to focus on L&D and reconnect
    Go to the profile of Chris Smith
    Chris Smith
    Dec 8, 2020
    How an ADR saved the day!

    How an ADR saved the day!

    Writing and share ADRs within your organization so that future teams can get an on-demand insight in how and why decisions were made!
    Go to the profile of Sami Lamti
    Sami Lamti
    Dec 4, 2020
    Designing an ingeniously simple business

    Designing an ingeniously simple business

    In my formative years as a CTO, back when Basecamp was called 37 signals, I was hugely influenced by their 2006 book Getting Real which…
    Go to the profile of Mark Cheverton
    Mark Cheverton
    Dec 2, 2020
    Lessons Learnt from an Asynchronous Book Club

    Lessons Learnt from an Asynchronous Book Club

    Book clubs are a popular way for groups to work through a book or article together and share their insights.
    Go to the profile of Gareth Bragg
    Gareth Bragg
    Nov 25, 2020
    Identifying Design Patterns

    Identifying Design Patterns

    An important part of being able to discuss product design and architecture is having a common language, design patterns are a part of this…
    Go to the profile of Matthew Chappelow
    Matthew Chappelow
    Nov 24, 2020
    Product Development Reteaming at Redgate

    Product Development Reteaming at Redgate

    In January Redgate will undertake another self-selection reteaming process. This post explains why we’ll be doing that and how we’ll do it
    Go to the profile of Chris Smith
    Chris Smith
    Nov 20, 2020
    How Redgate removed 50% of automated test code, and reduced test times by 30%

    How Redgate removed 50% of automated test code, and reduced test ti...

    The Redgate Change Control (RCC) team have been leveraging a new database provisioning tool, Spawn.
    Go to the profile of Eleanor Fuller
    Eleanor Fuller
    Nov 20, 2020
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