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“My name is Jack Weatherly and I’m the Sales Director EMEA at Gearset, responsible for GTM strategy and delivery. I work hands-on with all of the teams in sales, from the beginning of the sales cycle with Sales Development Representatives, to active sales opportunities with Account Executives and Sales Engineers, out to specialised teams such as Renewals Managers. With a background in European Law, Gearset was my first professional role and I sold the product for 4 years before moving into management and leadership.” Hear from Jack in the full article!
Gearset is a product-led company built for developers by developers, so we know how important culture is to software engineers. As we’ve scaled the company, we’ve intentionally built on the strong foundations we created at the start: a world class engineering team, delivering meaningful value to our customers. We think the way we do engineering is pretty unique — but wouldn’t every tech company say that? To prove it, we take a dive into what makes Gearset’s engineering team different. Don’t just take our word for it — hear directly what some of the engineering folks think in the full blog post.
Curious about the engineering team culture at Gearset? Get insider information from Eamonn Boyle (Development Manager, Gearset) — he’s been running our Belfast office since its opening in April 2022!
Last week, our interns and their mentors from our Cambridge HQ got together for a friendly round of mini-golf. It was great to see everyone working together as a team and collaborating in a relaxed and fun atmosphere — fuelled by pizza, of course! Here they are in action!
Gearset wins in two categories at the DevOps Excellence Awards 2023 We’re proud to announce that Gearset won in the categories for Best DevOps Tool and Best Continuous Delivery Tool at the DevOps Excellence Awards 2023. This is a great achievement for all teams within Gearset — we’re thrilled to be recognised for building solutions that tackle our users’ challenges and bring DevOps to the Salesforce world. Read the full article here - https://gearset.com/blog/awards/
Pride month reflections from LGBTQ+ Gearcitizens Introduction written by Chiara Gardner (she/they) with contributions from Jen Hicks (she/they), Vivian Huang (she/her), and an anonymous member of the Gearset team. I feel very lucky to work somewhere where there’s such a big and supportive community of visible LGBTQ+ folks. While I love the informal socials we’ve been having, something I take great heart in is how supportive and kind people are when sharing LGBTQ+ related world news in our #pride Slack channel, whether it’s good or bad. We asked three of the folks from that community at Gearset to share their thoughts, as we reflect on Pride month. Read the full article here https://gearset.com/careers/blog/pride-month-2023/
Our recent report What do tech talent want in 2023, co-published with Hackajob, delves into the needs and aspirations of tech talent. We asked those in a range of different tech positions, from Software Engineers to UX designers, what they love most about their job and company. In this article, we explore the key insights from the report.
Imagine you’ve found somewhere you want to stay long-term — the projects are varied, the tech stack is exciting, and the people are interesting. But what next? Whether you’re a Software Developer, Test Engineer, Data Scientist or more, there comes a time when you start thinking about how to move up in your career.
Mark Allan is a Principal Software Engineer at Gearset with over 30 years industry experience, a Microsoft MVP, and founder of the Northern Ireland Developers conference. Bringing his vast industry expertise to Gearset as a Principal Software Engineer in our growing software hub in Belfast, Mark shares his journey to this role, and what a typical day at Gearset looks like.
On Sunday 5th March, a team of over 35 Gearcitizens, friends, and family took on the challenge of running 13.1 miles around our home town Cambridge to complete the Cambridge Half Marathon, with a whole host of team members from all over Gearset cheering them on.