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Devopsicon 12 - Meltwater's Beloved Unconference

Devopsicon 12 - Meltwater's Beloved Unconference

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The last 7 years taught us a lot about Devopsicon - our beloved unconference format. In this post we share how this event came about at Meltwater Engineering, and how it is striving in present days. For this we interviewed organizers and participants to give you an idea how the unconference works...

Keep Calm and Code On

Keep Calm and Code On

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April is Stress Awareness Month. Since 1992, Stress Awareness Month has increased familiarity about the causes of and cures for stress in our modern world. Particularly ubiquitous amid the pandemic, stress affects our mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing. This month-long event reduces the stigma of discussing negative emotions and increases the likelihood...

Spotlight: Sophie Gotshal

Spotlight: Sophie Gotshal

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At the heart of Meltwater Engineering are the employees who find ways to collaborate around the world. In our Spotlight series we will introduce you to new hires as well as veterans from across the organization, and give you insights into their day to day from North Carolina to Hong Kong. Today...

Employee Appreciation with Bonusly

Employee Appreciation with Bonusly

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March 4th is Employee Appreciation Day! With that in mind, how do we show appreciation for our employees at Meltwater? One of the most influential places to get feedback and gratitude is from our peers and colleagues. How do we make it easy to foster an environment where we feel encouraged to...

Starting your own Lean Coffee

Starting your own Lean Coffee

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At Meltwater, we are great believers in “participant-driven meetings” like unconferences, as we’ve written about in the past. Recently I started a little discussion community using Lean Coffee as a meeting format. Here’s a quick rundown of what it is and why I like to use it and how it works in...

Spotlight: Karl Neyvaldt

Spotlight: Karl Neyvaldt

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At the heart of Meltwater Engineering are the employees who find ways to collaborate around the world. In our Spotlight series we will introduce you to new hires as well as veterans from across the organization, and give you insights into their day to day from North Carolina to Hong Kong. Today,...

Flexibility Comes First

Flexibility Comes First

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Often, we tend to focus on compensation and benefits when negotiating job contracts. We forget to question how a job will accommodate one’s life and personal needs. Ideally, a company and employment should be flexible to fit your life, not the other way around. In this blog post I’ll talk about what...

Our Journey from Database to Data Lake

Our Journey from Database to Data Lake

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My team at Meltwater is responsible for tracking how our customers consume the variety of content that we offer. We also build aggregate reports to help our Sales team understand customer behavior. That requires collecting and querying billions of usage events each month. In this post, I will share which technical solution...

Spotlight: Jeremiah Hoyet

Spotlight: Jeremiah Hoyet

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At the heart of Meltwater Engineering are the employees who find ways to collaborate around the world. In our Spotlight series we will introduce you to new hires as well as veterans from across the organization, and give you insights into their day to day from North Carolina to Hong Kong. As...