The article was written by our CTO and co-founder: Pranab Krishnan


Introduction


Here at Zeal, we believe in open source and we believe in using the technologies that provide us the best edge in allowing for faster development lifecycle

So while you are engaged with Zeal in producing high quality features that deliver to our overall product that our Sales will lead to selling, we also work in ensuring that you as a Software Engineer has continued growth in value as an engineer in the market. We want you here not because you can’t find a better opportunity because your skills have become obsolete, but because this is the best place where you can be in your career

We invite you to read through this and open an issue in Github with anything you see here that you're not a fan of! We truly believe a team is only as strong as its communication, and we work towards bettering ours every day.


Management and You

We firmly believe that a functional organization provides clear guidelines and boundaries; not just on what your job, task, ticket, or spike is, but in ownership of problems and solutions. We strive to create an environment where:

Outside of these key ideas we've got a decent amount of sanity around your time and your day as an engineer. Let's go over it below.

A typical day

a typical day for one of our developers looks like this:

[9 - 11 am]: start work