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Season2, Ep. 35 – What we learned making a podcast, with Content Lead, Abbey Charles

We had an idea, and we had a company, and we had recently secured our Series A funding, so why not re-start our podcast? When Faith and Abbey started down this path halfway through the year, they had no idea how many twists, turns, and teachable moments were in store for them. In the final […]

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Season 2, Ep. 34 – Meet the team: Product Manager, Haley Harris

Breaking into product can be really difficult, even if what you’ve been doing your whole career is technically build products. In this week’s “Meet the team” episode, hear how our newest recruit, Haley Harris, made the move, and what she’s looking forward to helping us build now that she’s here.

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Exploring the Ballmer Peak

Named after one of the founding fathers of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, this peak references the point at which you are just inebriated enough to be exponentially better at software development than you are when sober. And with an old trope of “write drunk, edit sober” ringing in my ears, I decided we needed to do […]

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Season 2, Ep. 33 – How we advocate for developers, with Talent Growth Advocate, Victoria Stahr

At the heart of what we do at Gun.io is our amazing community of developers. In this episode, Talent Growth Advocate, Victoria Stahr, shares how integral they are to our success, what we do to support them throughout their contracts, and how the support for our developers has grown with our team.

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Season 2, Ep. 32 – Meet the team: Sales Development Rep, Greyson Wooten

When Sales Development Representative, Greyson Wooten, wanted to make a career change, he did a full 180. Or did he? This week, Faith chats with him about moving from teaching to startups, being passionate about sports, and how if you can handle the wrath of an 8th grader, you’ll excel in sales.

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Bad WFH habits to kick in the new year

The beginning of a new year represents a lot of things to a lot of people, but the one thing we all have in common is that we’re trying to start it off by “being better”, whatever that means to each individual. With the amount of home office work happening these days, 2023 might be […]

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Season 2, Ep. 31 – How companies find success with Gun.io

This week, Faith sits down with our Account Executive, Ashley Yearby, and Head of Strategic Accounts, Jessi Soler, to talk about how we streamline the hiring process and help companies find success. They also share what you can do if you can’t use Gun.io, and pitch the next big business idea on how to find […]

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Season 2, Ep. 30 – Meet the team: Client Success Manager, Jeff Vedenoff

Before taking on a role here at Gun.io, Client Success Manager, Jeff Vedenoff, made his way up the ranks helping people with the biggest purchases of their lives: homes and vehicles. Hear what it takes to succeed and how to build a new department from the ground up.

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Season 2, Ep. 29 – 2022: It’s been a big year for us

With a team that almost doubled in size, and our first foray into venture backing, 2022 has been quite the year at Gun.io. In this episode, Teja and Faith talk about the growth of the company, next year’s goals, and how important it is to take a step back and be bored every once in […]

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Season 2, Ep. 28 – Meet the team: Gun.io’s Technical Talent Advocate, Girish Kumar

When you hear that someone like our Technical Talent Advocate, Girish Kumar, who casually started TWO companies while running a third, is the kind of talent who helps to vet our talent, it sends a clear signal that our team is up to snuff.

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101 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 little dark, and always entertaining. For your end-of-the-year reading pleasure, here are 101 facts we’d like to share with you.

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Season 2, Ep. 27 – The parent trap: How Gun.io families get along during the week

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 solitude, and embrace the walk to school. Shout to Bluey, y’all, because only her energy can match these kids’!