What is siloing? In order to better discuss how engineers and teams become siloed, as well as the positive and negative effects it can have on a team,
Devops has been picking up steam since around the year 2009. ( It could be argued it was around in other forms longer but for argument's sake let's...
I saw the What Rebels Want illustration make its way across Twitter recently, and it immediately resonated with me.
I'm often asked for career path advice by up-and-coming professionals in the project management space.
At our company we are known for having a great culture. You can feel it when you walk in: people are at ease, they obviously enjoy what they do and...
I recently started working at Metal Toad. Metal Toad has one of the best onboarding processes I have ever experienced — thorough documentation, there...
When I was fresh out of college with a Computer Science degree, I had a culture-fueled fantasy of what it was to grow into a senior software engineer.
In popular culture and societal norms there is little space within romantic relationships to air your grievances about your partner.
Over a year ago, I read John Maxwell’s “The Five Levels of Leadership”. Since then, I’ve grown increasingly reliant on it’s simple model.
Uber, Google, Yahoo, Amazon...it's hard to find a tech giant that hasn't been in the news for an employee relations crisis. HR has always been a...
We are thrilled to formally announce the opening of a new Metal Toad office in Los Angeles!
As a recent graduate from Portland State University, the inclination to write this blog has been an ongoing dilemma.
Since the start of my finance and accounting internship at Metal Toad, the first thing that I noticed is its unique and influential culture.
One of the most interesting things about agency culture is the freedom for employees to show their personality.
Recently as a leadership exercise, our COO Tim Winner asked the leadership team to “come up with the title of your book.” This book, he explained,...
I am scared. I am scared to write this and I am intimidated because my writing will be out in public to be read, critiqued and, in my mind, judged.
It may be selfish, I’ll admit it — but I love pleasing others through acts of service.
Hi. My name is Dan and I am a pessimist and a Senior Software Engineer, hoping to be promoted to a Junior Software Engineer one day.
Over the years I’ve been asked on many occasions, what is leadership?
Looking for a new job is tough business. In a sea of innovative, qualified candidates there is pressure to stand out from the rest.
When the Client Services department was formed earlier this year, one of our key objectives was to create client magic.
"Our brand promise, Leading the Ethical Software Movement, highlights how Metal Toad advocates an ethical approach to creating technology and doing...
Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by one of our vendor partners, RFPIO, to chat about RFP response.
Five years ago I wrote an article on how to get a job as a web developer, but the market has changed and it's now 2017. Code schools are now...