I’ve always been interested in starting and running small businesses–it runs in the family. After returning from World War II, my grandfather went to work at Mansfield Hardware and Supply. Years later he bought it from its founder, grew the business, then passed it down to my parents. Now, after many years of growth and …
This week, we have a Tasktop customer visiting the Vancouver office and I truly don’t think our team could be more excited! We’ve been working closely with this customer, a leading premium manufacturer of automobiles, to turn their visions into realities (which Tasktop CEO, Mik Kersten, explains in his blog post, how the code in …
Every year, March 8th is celebrated as International Womens Day. A day dedicated to celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women in addition to reflection on the progress made to accelerate the gender parity and the advocacy for change that is still needed. At Tasktop, 35% of our employees are female industry …
Some of the most interesting problems in technology only surface at scale. For the past few years, the majority of Tasktops customers have been using Sync to achieve scaled Agile. Without tool chain integration, it is impossible to get hundreds or thousands of IT staff adopting enterprise Agile methodologies such as SAFe, DAD, Scrum.orgs Nexus …
Tasktop has at least 7 co-op students year-round at our Vancouver headquarters. They are here for eight-month internships of development, quality assurance, and solutions work. But, what distinguishes Tasktop from any other software company in Vancouver? And moreover, whats working at Tasktop really like? Jennifer Lui and Emily Tyhurst, two Junior Quality Assurance Engineers, have …
The British Columbia Export Awards recognize the innovative approaches and unique contributions of British Columbia export companies and honour them for their excellence and achievements in twelve different categories. This year, Tasktop was pleased to learn that we were one of three finalists for the Ministers Award for Export Job Creation. This award is presented …
These past eight months Ive spent working at Tasktop, Ive picked up some truly interesting and marketable skills. Among the expected skills for a Quality Assurance Engineer (attention to detail, ability to assess large swaths of code for functionality, critical thinking for creating tests, communication skills) one of the skills my colleagues point out is the fine …