October 2022 Engineering update
As we head into the last couple months of the year, our engineering team is hard at work and pushing for a strong finish. When it came to October’s work, usability and personalization topped the list....
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 14 – Meet the team: Gun.io’s Client Experience Coordinator,...
It’s not easy keeping all the balls in the air when it comes to matching multiple developers to multiple projects. Luckily, we have Cameron Holmes, one of our extremely talented and multi-faceted...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 15 – What we’ve learned from 5xing our sales team with VP of...
A lot of things have changed at Gun.io since we first started, but no department more than sales. In this episode our Head of Strategic Accounts, Jessi Soler, and VP of Revenue, Ben Kettle, talk about...
View ArticleDo more with less meetings
How many meetings do you have in a day? In a week? What if you could do more with less meetings? It sounds like a dream come true, but we promise you can make it happen in real life too. On a recent...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 16 – Meet the team: Gun.io’s Account Executive, Ashley Yearby
When our Account Executive, Ashley Yearby, isn’t busy leading world-class food tours or designing a dice game that takes the boredom out of your home bar, she’s making sure our clients are getting...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 17 – What’s in a name: The evolution of the Gun.io brand
Every brand goes through the evolution of its own identity, and Gun.io is no different. In this episode, the CEO and Co-founder of Gun.io, Teja Yenamandra, sits down to talk with Faith about Swiss...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 18 – Meet the team: Gun.io’s UI/UX Engineer, Regis Camimura
We wanted to call this episode “Just get it done,” because that’s what our UI/UX Engineer-turned-one-man-Army, Regis Camimura, has applied to most situations in life. In this episode, he talks about...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 19 – How we market to developers even though developer...
Free t-shirts only get you so far. So how do you market to a group of people with discerning tastes highly-attuned BS meters? Authenticity and expertise are our two best tools, as Content Lead, Abbey...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 20 – Meet the team: Gun.io’s Marketing Coordinator, Chris Johnson
We don’t have health inspectors knocking on the door during dinner rush, but there are plenty of other parallels between tech and restaurants, as our Marketing Coordinator, Chris Johnson, talks about...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 21 – Promoting from within: why we love hiring people who are...
In this episode, Faith sits down with our VP of Operations, Tyler Newkirk, to talk about how we’ve traditionally approached growth and promotion at Gun.io. It turns out our secret sauce is hiring...
View ArticleRemote management resources: Organizational
There are a lot of facets to remote work that are either new to your team, need an update, or need to be put in place as your current team grows. And there is no shortage of remote management tools...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 22 – Meet the team: Gun.io’s Talent Growth Advocate, Victoria...
It’s ironic that our Talent Growth Advocate, Victoria Stahr, moved to Nashville knowing she wanted to leave her live of running music events behind, but great for us that her superb operational skills...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 23 – How can brands talk about themselves authentically?
“Be militant about the things you can control so that you can be frivolous elsewhere.” Sage advice from our Marketing Coordinator, Chris Johnson, and just one of the many great nuggets of advice he...
View ArticleRemote management resources: Cultural
Remote work can happen from anywhere, which means some of the perks of office life get cast by the wayside in favor of flexibility. If you want to create a company culture that still incorporates the...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 24 – Meet the team: Gun.io’s Senior Front-End Developer, Richie...
Senior Frontend Developer, Richie Clark, started his development career by promising great things, and he continues to deliver to this day. Hear more about his path from Play It Again Sports to Gun.io...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 25 – Our outlook on remote and distributed work
In this episode, Faith, Teja, and Abbey sit down to talk about the changes Gun.io made prior to going remote, the numerous benefits of distributed and remote teams, and why it’s totally okay to tell...
View ArticleTackling programmer’s block
We’ve all been there: you’re staring at lines and lines of letters, numbers, and punctuation marks, wondering where it all went wrong. Wondering why a single good idea won’t grace your brainwaves with...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 26 – Meet the team: Gun.io’s Sales Development Rap-resentative,...
When your first sales job was hustling your classmates over Yu-Gi-Oh cards at six years old, you’re bound to be one of the best in the biz by the time you’re a full-grown adult. Such is the case with...
View ArticleSeason 2, Ep. 27 – The parent trap: How Gun.io families get along during the...
From 7-month-olds to teenagers, our team is growing the next generation of dreamers and doers, one WFH day at a time. In this episode, you’ll hear how they manage their time, find hidden spots of...
View Article101 things we learned this year
Our daily “stand up” is more of an async update in a Slack channel. And every Friday, that update includes something we have each learned that week. These facts are sometimes useful, occasionally a...
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