#AskPeshev 25: Risk Management and Website Gamification

#AskPeshev 25: Risk Management and Website Gamification

January 29, 2020

“A core principle of risk management is operating with data and analyzing trends, thus building upon proven concepts. ”

— Mario Peshev

The past week has been devoted to training activities.I led a workshop on career opportunities and the difference among the different companies offering tech jobs last week and yesterday, I spoke about building a strong and effective team at an entrepreneurship event for the largest tech meetup community here.Training and onboarding are paramount for recruiting tech talent. Retention rates for software engineers are at their lowest, and keeping talent around is far from trivial.We’re investing a lot in building career plans, nurturing our culture, landing exciting projects, and developing professional opportunities for our staff.As a sneak peek into our process map, I’ll be discussing risk management practices we’ve been incorporating during our sales and R&D cycles and my story for Publishing Executive on gamifying publishing websites and increasing engagement.How was January for you so far? Hit Reply and let me know if I can help with anything :)

Mario Was There...

Students and I gathered to discuss the 5 main categories of companies employing software engineers as part of the career workshop series we organize in partnership with the Technological School Electronic Systems.It was a fun mental exercise compiling different categories of companies to teach the students ready to enter the market in the next year.

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