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The Evolving Art Of Feedback
November 4, 2016 in Jama Company and Community News /by Megan BigelowGetting feedback is very, very hard. My first memory of professional feedback was when I was 16, working at the drive-thru window at Burgerville. After only an hour of working away from the fryer and direct with the customer, my manager whisked me aside to tell me I had a bad attitude and needed to […]
Dedicated Technical Account Managers For Mission Critical Product Delivery
October 26, 2016 in Jama Company and Community News /by Megan BigelowAs the leader of Jama’s Customer Care department, I work with the team to cultivate relationships with our customers. Each relationship is highly dependent on the customer’s specific needs in a given situation. When our customers file tickets, we need to be the Problem Solver. When they comment on the Community, we need to be […]
What I’ve Learned After Three Years and Three Offices
October 21, 2016 in Jama Company and Community News /by Anthony SzaboThis October marks three years since I started working at Jama. In those three years, I’ve helped to manage three different offices. Although I had a background in office administration and event planning and management, I had never managed an office the size of Jama’s when I started. Before joining Jama I had been an […]
Four Incredible Facts You Didn’t Know About Oregon Humane Society
October 14, 2016 in Jama Company and Community News /by Jama SoftwareA couple of weeks ago, a group of us took a trip to Northeast Portland to volunteer for the Oregon Humane Society. Upon arrival, they gave us a quick orientation and went over some safety protocols, but also gave us a great history of the humane society. In case you’re a numbers/facts person, here is […]
Why You Should Teach Non-Engineers to Program
October 7, 2016 in Jama Company and Community News /by Jama SoftwareWe recently hosted a series of Code School sessions within Jama aimed at teaching non-engineers how to program. I worked on two 90-minute classes that taught some of our Sales and Customer Service reps how to interact with the Jama API using Python. By the end of it, they had the skills to automate some […]
How to Turn a Horror Technical Interview Around
October 5, 2016 in Jama Company and Community News /by Cristian FuentesInterviewing is one of the most important activities for an Engineering team experiencing growth. Hiring the right person will make your team stronger and add to your culture, while hiring the wrong person can be costly for your company and your team’s morale. People are the most important part of building software and we want to […]
How to Sharpen Your Django Skills One Workshop at a Time
September 30, 2016 in Jama Company and Community News /by Ania Osinska-Bulloff“I jumped at the chance to participate in this workshop because, while I taught myself HTML in 1998, I have been woefully out of touch with what makes a website work since then. Django Girls appeared to be an approachable group of people with an excellent mission. Besides, what did I have to lose?” says Kristina […]
A Place of Contradictions Shabnam Calls Home
September 23, 2016 /1 Comment/in Jama Company and Community News /by Ania Osinska-BulloffThe sand is warm and the sun makes it perfect swimsuit weather. Three women, a girl, and a man are enjoying a lovely day on the coast: fashionable sunglasses, skimpy swimwear, big smiles. Californians? You’d think, except it’s an old photograph taken at the Caspian Sea. Next slide. A young woman walks on the same beach. […]