Q & A with Nathan Gallagher Q: What is your role at RocketBuild, and what does it entail? A: As a software developer, I help code the various applications in RocketBuild's portfolio. Q: What three words might people use to…
Meet Heather Hoffman, Chief Operations Officer. Heather is also COO of our parent company Recruit Rooster, a nationally renowned recruitment marketing agency focused on employer branding, creative, websites, and SaaS technology. As COO, Heather helps chart our vision, helps all…
Meet Jeff Ringgenberg, Technical Project Manager. Jeff approaches every project with a healthy dose of curiosity and humility which helps lead him to gain knowledge and perspective about a client's business and software needs. He brings a wide-ranging background of…
Meet Marcel Cornett, Software Developer. Marcel started his career as a graphic designer before switching gears to development. He brings creativity and positive energy to every engagement he works on. While he enjoys working in React and Python, he's always…
A friend and colleague of mine recently pointed me toward a great Tech Crunch article from way back in 2010. I immediately assumed that the article would be dated and irrelevant, as with nearly anything tech-related conceived so long ago.…
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,…
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,…
What is WordPress? WordPress is a PHP-based, open source website and blog creation platform, and a powerful content management system (CMS). There are a variety of reasons to use WordPress to build your website or blog, not the least of…
If you play games on your phone, there’s a strong chance that you’ve played a game made with Unity. They boast a 45% market share of the global game engine market, with their closest competitor, Cocos2D, sitting at 17%. It…
What is an MVP? This is a question we often get when talking to our partners and their clients. Most people coming to an agency focused on development simply aren’t familiar with the concepts that occupy our every day. This…
Before we get this party started, I should tell you that I’ve only been working as a developer for a few months. However, my interest in this career was piqued a few years ago, and when I began to research…
It's mythbusting time at RocketBuild HQ, and today we're taking on some myths about developers. We're going to learn what makes them tick (and doesn't), and why some people's preconceived ideas about how developers work are holding their companies back from creating effective development teams…