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#103 Using Shopify Flow To Streamline Operations Of Shopify Plus Merchants | Gavin Ballard
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In this episode, I get a chance to sit down with Gavin Ballard, the CEO of Disco Labs. Gavin works exclusively with Shopify Plus stores doing backend development and integration work.He's done some really interesting work in the past, including building subscriptions in the native Shopify checkout 2 years ago before any of the recent APIs were rele…
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10X Devs Exist (And That's A Good Thing)By Kalen Jordan
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Leveling Up From Shopify With React To Magento
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Leveling Up From Shopify With React To MagentoBy Kalen Jordan
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Should You Hire Developers Outside Of The US
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Should You Hire Developers Outside Of The USBy Kalen Jordan
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How I Got Started With MagentoBy Kalen Jordan
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Set Expectations For Client CommunicationBy Kalen Jordan
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Higher Demand For US based DevelopersBy Kalen Jordan
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Remote conferences are not conferencesBy Kalen Jordan
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If you're burned out on a legacy Magento codebase, move to working on a more modern Magento stack
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If burned out on legacy Magento codebase consider working with more modern codebase with better tooling.By Kalen Jordan
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Review of Pomodus - a Slack integration that helps you to get in the zone
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Review Pomodus - death by 1000 notificationsBy Kalen Jordan
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Is it a good idea to set up meetings ahead of a conference?
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Making connections before a conferenceBy Kalen Jordan
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Who should you approach at conferences to network with?
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Approaching people at conferenceshttps://twitter.com/thescottsb/status/1196228004625686531By Kalen Jordan
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Why freelancers should get prepaid for their work
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Prepay. Shouldn’t be in business of financing.By Kalen Jordan
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Build a system for networking at conferences
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How to socialize at conferences - ask questions, follow a systemBy Kalen Jordan
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Most devs aren't working async. Especially remote. Follow up to yesterday’s thing on notificationsBy Kalen Jordan
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Magezine swagBy Kalen Jordan
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Establishing Expectations For Asynchronous Work
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Conditioning and boundaries for async work / flow stateBy Kalen Jordan
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"For all-remote companies, leaders should not expect informal communication to happen naturally" https://about.gitlab.com/company/culture/all-remote/informal-communication/By Kalen Jordan
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Romanticizing The Past Can Keep You From Hiring The Best Remote Talent
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When it comes to determining salaries when hiring remote workers, one thing that people struggle with is romanticizing the past. Gary Vaynerchuk brings up this idea in a different context—advertising costs on social media. People romanticize the past when ad costs were lower.I think there’s a similar dynamic when it comes to hiring remotely. Five y…
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The importance of 1-on-1s in a growing development team
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As your company grows, it’s important to have one on ones with your team. Growth is a great thing, but you need to work to keep open lines of communication. Checking in with your team members to see how they are doing and to make sure that they are growing the way they want to be growing helps keep employees engaged and invested. A traditional annu…
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A common question I see related to Magento 1 reaching End of Life is whether a store that stays on M1 will automatically fail PCI compliance. I’m not a PCI expert, and don't take any of this as official guidance, but generally the answer is, it depends. Security issues within the Magento world are unacceptably high. The credit agencies that officia…
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Autonomous developers are happy developers by Kalen JordanBy Kalen Jordan
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Strategy for agencies to get in front of Magento sales
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For agencies in the Magento space, getting in front of the Magento sales team is important. I often hear Solutions Partners say that just being in the program isn’t enough to get the leads you want. You really want to get in front of the sales team so that you are top on their minds when leads are coming through, and so they know what your specialt…
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Firing is BRUTAL...but it's critical by Kalen JordanBy Kalen Jordan
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Commuting BLOWS! by Kalen JordanBy Kalen Jordan
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How to connect with people on LinkedIn effectively (without spamming!)
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One of the hardest things about undertaking a new challenge is not seeing improvement as fast as you want to.This applies to everything — from losing weight to creating an app to starting a business.We’re all naturally gifted in different areas. A personal goal for me right now is losing weight.. But I’m not naturally gifted in fitness the way I am…
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Long term Magento 1 support from Nexcess? by Kalen JordanBy Kalen Jordan
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