team culture - BetterUp Product Blog

Unlock your potential by cultivating a high sense of agency

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Someone with a high sense of agency favors initiative over perfect skills. Learn what makes a great engineering candidate and how we unlock their potential.

Apr 11, 2023

Onboarding: We learn through challenges, not presentations

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Learning by osmosis doesn’t work 一, especially at a startup. So BetterUp onboards new engineers with a semi-structured, challenge-based onboarding process.

Mar 28, 2023

Design to product management: a rewarding journey.

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Changing careers after spending a decade climbing the corporate ladder was terrifying. I hope my story can inspire others who want to make a change but are petrified of the consequences. I’m here to tell you it is worth it.

Mar 14, 2023

Star signs: Celestial navigation for product & engineering teams.

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What do “North Star Metrics” and “KPIs” actually mean? The answers lie in the stars. Learn how BetterUp’s analytics team uses celestial navigation to drive product outcomes.

Feb 28, 2023

Shoshana Collins

It is never too late to find purposeful work

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A few years ago, I never would’ve predicted that every line of code I write would impact someone’s life. But at BetterUp, I’m doing just that.

Feb 21, 2023

Lee Ives Tice

My Journey of Inner Work

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Engineering manager, Bryan Hickerson, shares how his walk across The Camino taught him the importance of Inner Work as fuel for personal and professional growth.

Jan 13, 2023

Five tenets of extreme ownership on BetterUp's engineering team

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Extreme ownership can be a hard mindset to adopt at first, but it boils down to how you behave day-to-day. This article outlines the five tenets we abide by and how we overcome challenges to deliver an excellent customer experience.

Dec 12, 2022

If You’re Not the Default Developer, Someone Else Is

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Applying insights from an overwhelmed parent to empathize with the developer who does it all.

Mar 8, 2022

Locking Down My Work-Life Boundaries

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Amidst a global pandemic, BetterUp software engineer and full-time remote worker Nick shares the dramatic steps he took to define his work-life boundaries.

Jun 30, 2021

Inclusive Design Principles

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The product organization at BetterUp believes that great products can only be born out of deep empathy. Empathy not only generates an interest in and appreciation for others, but also paves the way to digital accessibility, regardless of your abilities.

May 20, 2021