Even though we all go through the recruitment process at least several times in our careers - with various results - there’s no denying it can be really stressful and overwhelming. Even more so if it’s for a position you would really like to work in. Like with all things, coming prepared can only help you, and since I can still remember my interviews with Netguru (pretty intense - but in a good way!), I’m happy to take advantage of this opportunity to give you some insight into what we ask our candidates.
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Insurance Done Right. How Two Friends Disrupted The Industry and Got Allianz on Board
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
When they started, back in 2012, hardly anyone knew what insurtech was about. Neither were many people aware of the young German startup. Fast forward to 2018, Simplesurance, a German fintech company, is backed by both investor and e-commerce giants (Allianz and Rakuten, respectively), and has also partnered with OnePlus, Huawei, and Revolut.
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We're growing, and we're growing fast! This time we are celebrating the acquisition of Bitcraft, a company specialising in creating innovative software. Thanks to this acquisition, Netguru's team will grow by 41 people, mainly engineers. As a consequence, the company will also open a new office, this time in Białystok.
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7 Things Essential to Create a Successful Team. Meet Hive, an App to Take on Asana and Trello
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
From this interview, you will learn: How ad-hoc teams could work like companies, improving their workflow and collaboration standards. What the 7 things are that every team on a planet needs to have to operate efficiently. Why John Furneaux, CEO of Hive, doesn’t believe in big organisations as a smart way to achieve goals. What the most insane competitive advantage is that any company can gain if they reinvent themselves in terms of team collaboration
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For many years, R has been the obvious choice for those going into data science. In recent years, something’s changed, however, and R got dethroned. How is Python challenging R’s well-established position and why is Python the king of data science now?
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A couple of weeks ago, Vue reached the milestone that all Vue enthusiasts were waiting for since quite some time. Vue is now the most starred JS framework on GitHub. To celebrate this success, we’ve decided to go through some of the libraries, tools and packages which make the Vue ecosystem so great. Let’s start.
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Skills and Qualities of Mobile Developers – What You Should Pay Attention to When Hiring a Team
Radosław Szeja
To say that mobile development is the future would be an understatement – it also dominates the present. Mobile devices (think smartphones) have overtaken desktop machines (such as laptops and old-school workstations) in Internet use back in 2016, and the trend has only progressed since then. Plainly speaking, if your website or product is not usable on mobile devices, you are set to lose over 50% of your potential customers right off the bat.
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Are you launching a development project and having a hard time choosing between Python and C#? Don't worry, we've got you covered.
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The First version of Django was released in 2005. It is implemented in Python, still on the market, and still gaining more and more users every year. The framework follows the Zen of Python and describes itself as “the web framework for perfectionists with deadlines”. It’s true: in each aspect it tries to help developers and encourages them not to invent the wheel all over again. It’s open source and has a huge, ready-to-help community.
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Clear and simple, fast and reliable, flexible and scalable. The Django programming framework is great when it comes to building Python-based applications. As a fully-equipped, open-source toolkit with highly customisable architecture, it encourages quick development and simple code structure.
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