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Revolutionizing the software talent industry

We broke the global software talent industry. According to various sources, the global IT outsourcing market value reached over 400 billion dollars in 2020. Highly skilled software engineers from all around the world are the key actors in this market. …

Finance

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Revolutionizing the software talent industry
Revolutionizing the software talent industry
Finance

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Jun 28, 2021

How we planted 350 trees to celebrate business success

Let’s get our facts straight before I start telling the story. Global warming is real! CO2 Levels on our planet have passed 400 ppm. This CO2 amount is more than it has ever been in the last 800,000 years Our fellow Americans are 4% of the global population, yet they…

Global Warming

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How we planted 350 trees to celebrate business success
How we planted 350 trees to celebrate business success
Global Warming

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Apr 14, 2021

My Lead Software Engineer just quit. What now?

“More technology companies die of Software Engineer indigestion than starvation” You just read my version of the famous quote from Bill Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett Packard. “Technology” and “Software Engineer” words belong to me. Unlike most managers say, I don’t believe there is a software engineering talent shortage in the…

Software Development

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My Lead Software Engineer just quit. What now?
My Lead Software Engineer just quit. What now?
Software Development

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Apr 5, 2021

5 Things You Need to Know Before Hiring Remote Software Engineers

Once you decide to go remote, you open your virtual company doors to 8 billion people worldwide. The volume of remote job seekers is massive, and this is why you need to be extremely careful. Your first alarming signal is your candidate-to-hire ratio. If you are hiring over 1% of…

Software Development

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5 Things You Need to Know Before Hiring Remote Software Engineers
5 Things You Need to Know Before Hiring Remote Software Engineers
Software Development

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Nov 16, 2019

Remote work, the rise of underdogs

This post was written before I build Exceptionly for revolutionizing the software talent industry through objective hands-on testing for both employers and engineers. Your company will prefer working with highly skilled underdogs from around the world simply because underdogs fight harder and have less to lose. Remote work is serving…

Remote Working

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Remote work, the rise of underdogs
Remote work, the rise of underdogs
Remote Working

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Aug 20, 2019

Radical Candor — Your humanity is an asset to your effectiveness, not a liability

This post was written before I build Exceptionly for revolutionizing the software talent industry through objective hands-on testing for both employers and engineers around the world. At Crossover (my former company), Andy Tryba (CEO) is running monthly book club meetings. People from all around the world are virtually getting together…

Management

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Radical Candor — Your humanity is an asset to your effectiveness, not a liability
Radical Candor — Your humanity is an asset to your effectiveness, not a liability
Management

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Aug 11, 2019

Why you should embrace global talent to stay competitive in the next 10 years

This post was written before I build Exceptionly for revolutionizing the software talent industry through objective hands-on testing for both employers and engineers. In the past week, I’ve been watching a National Geographic documentary on Netflix. The one named One Strange Rock. The 10-episode series is interesting not only because…

Recruiting

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Why you should embrace global talent to stay competitive in the next 10 years
Why you should embrace global talent to stay competitive in the next 10 years
Recruiting

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Jul 28, 2019

The Curse of Knowledge and how desperately you need simplification

This post was written before I build Exceptionly for revolutionizing the software talent industry through objective hands-on testing for both employers and engineers. We all have that colleague at work, the guy who tends to build very long sentences — over 20 words — , using strange terminology to deliver…

Leadership

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The Curse of Knowledge and how desperately you need simplification
The Curse of Knowledge and how desperately you need simplification
Leadership

3 min read


Jul 23, 2019

Rockstars vs Superstars — get to know your people

If you have management experience of over five years, you probably already have an idea of what I’m talking about. In the majority of teams and workgroups around the world, there are Superstar and Rockstar types of people inside. We’re not going to talk about below-average people in this post. …

Startup

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Rockstars vs Superstars — get to know your people
Rockstars vs Superstars — get to know your people
Startup

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Jul 15, 2019

The ultimate package for remote work

For years I worked in a hybrid model, a model where I had to go to the office but also manage remote subordinates. Since 2015, I’m working in a 100% remote environment. After years of executive work for global software companies, I built Exceptionly for revolutionizing the software talent industry…

Business

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The ultimate package for remote work
The ultimate package for remote work
Business

5 min read

Sinan Ata

Sinan Ata

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Founder at Exceptionly. Software talent problem solver https://exceptionly.com

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