Tag Archives: project management
Women in Tech: Obstacles to overcome for success
Women in Tech: Why women are not taken as seriously as men in the tech industry and what obstacles women need to overcome to make ensure that they leave their mark in the technology field.
After recently attending the Women in Tech: Tech Panel at the AlleyNYC last week, I was able to listen to a few extremely successful women in the tech industry and pull what I believed to be:
The Top 5 Reasons Women allow themselves to succumb themselves to a certain ‘bold-less’, ‘lady-like’ stereotype in the industry:
10 ways to break a mental block
When working as a front-end developer or an engineer, hitting a mental block can be one of the most frustrating parts of the job. Still, no matter how much you want to avoid it, sometimes it can’t be helped.
So how do you get past it? We asked our team to offer their suggestions, and we developed this list of 10 suggestions: (more…)
Three powerful keys to project velocity
Project velocity is a measure of the rate at which business value is being delivered on the project. There are several controllable aspects that will set the project in the correct direction with solid progress made over time. From my past few months of experience at Pixafy as a technical project manager, I have found that the following are among the most powerful keys to project velocity. (more…)
Being rewarded, and honored, for hard work
Pixafy continues to celebrate the hard work and ingenuity of our staff with our monthly Rewards and Recognition honor, celebrating the efforts of employees that go above and beyond to find elegant solutions to our problems. (more…)
The differences between working for big and small companies
Before joining Pixafy my résumé consisted of jobs and internships at various large corporations. After interviewing and agreeing to join a startup like Pixafy, I wondered about how working for a company with 15 employees would differ from my past experiences of working with companies with 10,000 or more employees. I’ve worked in Scrum/Agile Project Management environments in the past; however, at Pixafy I am entrusted with managing large projects whose outcome can greatly affect Pixafy’s long-term sustainability.
That being said, I am certainly happy that I made the transition from becoming employee #28303 to someone whose ideas and suggestions are not only taken into consideration, but are also encouraged. At Pixafy I have the privilege of working with an extremely talented group of designers and engineers to create websites that are not only easy on the eyes, but are also easy to navigate and maintain. I could not be prouder of the work we produce.
Every day at Pixafy is unique and brings new challenges to meet. Whether it’s keeping up with the ever-changing technology industry or learning how to get the most out of each team member, working at Pixafy certainly keeps you on your toes and has taught me a small company doesn’t necessarily have to have small dreams.
