Posts about Culture
Monterail on the Financial Times 1000 List of Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies
Focusing on delivering high-quality software and building a close-knit team pays off. How do we know? Monterail has been ranked in Financial Times list of 1000 Europe’s fastest growing companies in 2018. This is the...
Tech Leading—A Story of One Project in Four Acts
This is a story of how a day-to-day developer overcame his fears and came out of his comfort zone. Of how he and his team got into a project which code was so bad they cried a little when they saw it for the first time....
27 Women Who Change the Tech World [Infographic]
From developers to designers, from CEOs to investors, today’s tech landscape is full of people redefining our perception and use of technology. Among them—many women spearheading this change. True, there are still too...
A Wrap-Up of 2017 in Eleven Episodes
2017 was a real adventure and a genuine milestone for our team. And just in case some of us happened to forget what awesome human beings we’re working with, we’re going to write all the great stuff that happened last...
Perks And Highlights of VueConf 2017
It was hard to go back to our day-to-day reality after those incredible couple of days at VueConf. The whole thing felt curiously like closing a chapter, and a very long one at that. Putting everything in place took us...
Why We Love, Use, And Support Vue.js
Let me tell you a story about Vue.js. Not just from my perspective as a Vue developer. I will also try to explain some of the many reasons behind why we use Vue.js here at Monterail, and why we recommend it to companies...
A Short Summary of “Girls in IT” First Edition
Last Monday was very exciting. About 100 young women gathered in Monterail’s office to listen to our women experts from different fields—front-end, backend, QA, design, project management, and other roles. During the...
Rules To Go By, If You Want To Become A Product Designer*
*In a medium sized software house in Wrocław, we’re currently looking for a new team member who knows how to design applications, network management tools, procurement or social platforms, and such. For those who don’t...
Why So Few Women Work in IT and What We Can Do About It
As I was contemplating the problem of few women in IT, I approached my friend Mateusz Sławiński, a Talent Manager here at Monterail. We had a long conversation that yielded some eye-opening (at least for me)...
Monterail Ranked as #1 Ruby on Rails Company in The World by Clutch
Some time ago we mentioned on our blog that according to Clutch, Monterail was ranked as a market leader in Polish development companies, Ruby on Rails developers, and software companies in general. With more...
Everything You Need To Know Before Applying For a Key Account Manager At Monterail
If you’re here, you’re probably wondering if this is a good idea for you to apply for a Key Account Manager at Monterail. Great, it’s so awesome you’re here! I’ve written this post to make the decision easier for you. I...
Monterail Ranked as a Leader Among Ruby on Rails Developers and Polish Development Firms
In February, Clutch - a Washington-based business analytics company, released 2017 edition of updated research of top development companies. We’re very excited to announce, that Monterail, competing with 100+ companies,...
ISTQB: How to become a certified tester within two weeks
Company’s decision to have certified testers Almost every software development agency eventually creates a QA department. QAs' play role is to validate if the product meets both business and technical requirements, but...
What is a Service Jam and why should you attend one?
This was a busy year for service design. Our friends at BLStream organized “Basics of service design. UX#3”. A few months back there was a first Service design drinks event in Warsaw, organized by the guys from Service...
Monterail Ranked in Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in Central Europe (And Other Perks of 2016)
Obviously, January is a month for setting new goals and making big plans for the following year. At Monterail, it’s also time for retrospections and summaries. We’re looking closer at last year’s goals, challenges,...
How we built a truly Smart Office system based on Raspberry Pi
Last year, when Monterail decided to change their office to be a bigger and better-designed place , they decided that it should also be smarter. I was introduced to the team as a person who could make this happen. I...