The Employee Onboarding Problem At Hexmos, we faced a significant challenge when onboarding new software engineering interns. The process of integrating them into our team and systems was very demanding. Typically, one or two senior developers would spend a significant amount of time helping interns install the many tools, packages,
Newton taught himself Descartes's Geometry, on his own. It was not without any blockers. There is evidence that he got stuck at certain pages, and he would trace his steps back, start again, and go farther on his next attempt. This way, he mastered Descartes' mathematical works
Newton had something to say about people who merely work with things from a mechanical/physical/empirical point of view, versus those who operate on abstracted models, and who are good at finding their own errors, correcting them, and using reasoning to overcome varied situations and problems. Newton was aiming
Ultimately, as human beings, we are concerned about more. We want— to be more and do more. We want to enhance our positions, competence, wealth, and power. We want to enhance all aspects of life. Our quality of being and doing depends upon actions carried out over a long period
Most people are not interested in learning. They don't want to listen, nor do they desire genuine self-transformation. They seem content with barely surviving and withering away. Such is the individual. However, for a state, nation, or country to endure and prosper, the larger human group must also
Many leaders in the HR industry believe that employee rewards is about general employee well-being. One leader put it this way: The primary objective of any employee rewards and recognition program is to keep employees happy, motivated, and engaged. In recent years, organisations have realised the importance of making gamification
* Section 1: Introduction * 1.1 How to read this post * Section 2: An illustrative treasure hunt of net/http - documented in the order of discovery * 2.1 Example: Exploring the Golang “net/http” library * Why Golang? * Why the “net/http” package? * A quick run through the commit history * Commit
We evolved several ideas for Hexmos Karma starting from a simple peer voting-based activity tool to a more sophisticated expertise-weighted voting ecosystem. Insights from economy, baseball sabermetrics, politics, philosophy, and existing data have made their way in our research. Karmashastra is the soul of Hexmos Karma we are currently developing
I previously discussed building quality engineering tools as a group. This post will outline certain programming habits I found helpful over the years. Individual excellence is a crucial factor for the quality of the group. Being a developer is not a simple matter of one’s ability to write working
Why do people work in teams? What roles do arguments play in teams? This might be intriguing to hear, How collaboration and arguments are related! Why should arguments happen while collaborating? Doesn’t collaboration mean working together? Usually when people have a similar goal, vision, purpose they collaborate and thrive
Introduction A psychological definition of risk Human groups and corresponding cultures can be split into three types based on the willingness to accept the possibility of painful consequences in pursuit of what they want. Risk is measured prior to taking an action in pursuit of goals. The various risk profiles
Human beings appeared on earth 5 to 7 million years ago. One of the major factors which differentiated humans from other animals was their ability to cooperate. It is mainly cooperation and working together as a team that has brought humans from ape-like creatures to be able to create and