September 12, 2012

Episode #49: Wade Minter and Andrew Berkowitz of TeamSnap

31 minutes

Wade Minter and Andrew Berkowitz, of Teamsnap, chat about their company’s need for not so many formalized meetings, why allÂ distributed workers and teams should dabble in improvisation, and being the right candidate toÂ gain remote work.

Show Notes:

Teamsnap.com

andrewberkowitz.com

@andrewberkowitz

@minter

00:45 – Wade Minter and Andrew Berkowitz Introduction

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Andrew Berkowitz: Vice President of Product Management at TeamSnap and one of the original four founders of the company

Wade Minter: Director of Engineering, manages technical operations, contractor with TeamSnap since the beginning

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01:51 – What is TeamSnap?

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Mobile application on Android and iOS

Manages recreational youth or competitive sports teams

Roster, schedule, messaging

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02:17 – Location

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Based in Boulder, CO

Andrew is in Portland, OR

Wade is in Raleigh, NC

Rest of team in Austin, TX, Baltimore, MD, Washington, D.C., etc.

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02:52 – History of TeamSnap

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Doorway to leave the web design world

Half the team is design and development

Half is non-technical, i.e. customer support

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05:13 – A day in the life

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Campfire is the primary communication tool

Github is used on the technical side

[/unordered_list]

06:46 – Meetings

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1 scheduled company meeting per week

1 scheduled developers-only meeting per week

Development style is very â€œmontessorialâ€

If people need help, they ask

Donâ€t need a ton of formalized stand up meetings

Ad hoc conversations

[/unordered_list]

10:00 – Challenges

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Building a sense of community

Preventing people from overworking

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11:54 – Identifying people who work well remotely

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Improvisational backgrounds

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13:30 – Improv

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Skills help with interpersonal communication

Intellectual component

Listening skills

Be opinionated and have a voice

Big ideas & tiny ego

Building on prospective

[/unordered_list]

23:46 – Flexibility in work/life balance

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

Knowing when to unplug

Preferred schedules

Multiple time zones

Dev at their desk for 18-20 hours/day

Product coverage

[/unordered_list]

26:02 – How to find remote work and be the right candidate

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Personal connections

Job boards

Local tech meetups

Coworking facilities

Donâ€t look for job postings, reach out to the company you want to work for

Listen to Wide Teams podcasts

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September 12, 2012

Episode #49: Wade Minter and Andrew Berkowitz of TeamSnap

31 minutes

Show Notes:

Teamsnap.com

andrewberkowitz.com

@andrewberkowitz

@minter

00:45 – Wade Minter and Andrew Berkowitz Introduction

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

Andrew Berkowitz: Vice President of Product Management at TeamSnap and one of the original four founders of the company

Wade Minter: Director of Engineering, manages technical operations, contractor with TeamSnap since the beginning

[/unordered_list]

01:51 – What is TeamSnap?

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

Mobile application on Android and iOS

Manages recreational youth or competitive sports teams

Roster, schedule, messaging

[/unordered_list]

02:17 – Location

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

Based in Boulder, CO

Andrew is in Portland, OR

Wade is in Raleigh, NC

Rest of team in Austin, TX, Baltimore, MD, Washington, D.C., etc.

[/unordered_list]

02:52 – History of TeamSnap

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

Doorway to leave the web design world

Half the team is design and development

Half is non-technical, i.e. customer support

[/unordered_list]

05:13 – A day in the life

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

Campfire is the primary communication tool

Github is used on the technical side

[/unordered_list]

06:46 – Meetings

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

1 scheduled company meeting per week

1 scheduled developers-only meeting per week

Development style is very â€œmontessorialâ€

If people need help, they ask

Donâ€t need a ton of formalized stand up meetings

Ad hoc conversations

[/unordered_list]

10:00 – Challenges

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

Building a sense of community

Preventing people from overworking

[/unordered_list]

11:54 – Identifying people who work well remotely

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

Improvisational backgrounds

[/unordered_list]

13:30 – Improv

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

Skills help with interpersonal communication

Intellectual component

Listening skills

Be opinionated and have a voice

Big ideas & tiny ego

Building on prospective

[/unordered_list]

23:46 – Flexibility in work/life balance

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

Knowing when to unplug

Preferred schedules

Multiple time zones

Dev at their desk for 18-20 hours/day

Product coverage

[/unordered_list]

26:02 – How to find remote work and be the right candidate

[unordered_list style=”bullet”]

Personal connections

Job boards

Local tech meetups

Coworking facilities

Donâ€t look for job postings, reach out to the company you want to work for

Listen to Wide Teams podcasts

[/unordered_list]

...more

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