The RocketBuild acquisition is a huge step forward and upward for us, but it is also an enormous boon for our past, current, and future customers and partners.
Jason WardMay 11, 2020
The phrase otsukaresama deshita, when offered by a colleague, friend, or loved one, offers us gratitude for what we bring to an organization, team, or relationship. It acknowledges our effort and our results simultaneously and invites us to do more…
Jason WardFebruary 12, 2020
Admittedly, this is a bit of a "fluff piece." Honestly, it's as much for me as it is for you. This topic became front and center for me recently while conversing with a friend over breakfast. He asked the question…
Jason WardAugust 15, 2019
One of our core values is "continually growing." This comes in a number of forms in our day-to-day practices at RocketBuild. Among them are CI (continual improvement) days, in which team members take a day off from production to learn…
Jason WardMarch 12, 2018
We are bombarded by information about the importance of culture in the workplace. After decades of productivity and profit being the only metrics of business success, it is about time that we add some variety to our KPIs. Over the…
Jason WardJanuary 29, 2018
(Dis)Encouragement I was inspired (and encouraged) to write this post based on the work of Hazel Garcia at InvestmentZen. Her recent article presents some pretty stark realities about the STEM gender gap, particularly in my own state of Indiana, which…
Jason WardMay 12, 2017
We work a lot. By "we" I mean Americans. By "work" I mean engage in the production of capital, mostly. By "a lot" I mean as individuals we put in more hours than individuals in most other developed countries (source). Sure,…
Jason WardMarch 15, 2017
I first heard of Meteor over a year ago, offered up as an example of a magical JavaScript… something. But I didn’t really understand what at the time (so young, so naive). When it was time for my CI day,…
Angie MartausJanuary 31, 2017
Meet Tyler Poling, Senior Director of Technical Solutions. Tyler is a tech-focused strategist with many years of experience in technology leadership at agencies and corporations. He has a background in marketing, project management, technical direction, creative direction, cross-department communication, and…
RocketBuildDecember 28, 2016
Today, in order to kick off Computer Science Education Week, we volunteered with TechPoint Foundation for Youth in their partnership with IPS Harshman Magnet Middle School. The goal was to engage all 500+ of their students in one day! RocketBuild…
RocketBuildDecember 5, 2016
Meet Jason Cordial, who joined the RocketBuild team in October of 2014. Q: What is your role at RocketBuild? A: Developer Q: What do you do for fun? A: Uhhhh…. Q: What languages do you prefer to code in? (Don’t…
RocketBuildOctober 4, 2016
