All images courtesy of The Marcy Lab School One afternoon, I was asked to speak to a visiting class of engineering students about what it was like to be an engineer. I found myself in an open meeting space in our office (remember when we met in offices?) surrounded by kids in their late teens and early twenties. I was…
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11 Jan 2023
2 Dec 2022
Photo by Caleb Jones on Unsplash Being a software engineer is scary. We are surrounded by some of the world’s most talented, intelligent minds, solving complex problems with constantly evolving technology. As a new engineer, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the intimidating skills of our brilliant peers and the ever-changing technology we are expected to master. I started my…
24 Oct 2022
What if you could model a presentation after your favorite childhood game? Continue reading on Xandr-Tech »
2 Aug 2022
Knowledge Transfer in Engineering: How to make it go smoothly Co-authors Andrei Mackenzie and Joe Roepcke What to do when you have an engineer transitioning off of a team If you’ve worked long enough in tech, you’ve probably had to perform knowledge transfers to rotate individuals or teams on to and off of various projects and products. It’s a common…
20 Jul 2022
Co-authored by Oumaima BENBAHAKKA , Dr. Paul Farrow , Dr. Romain Quéré and Dr. Yana Volkovich GitHub repository “The yellow pages of the internet” — Credits: Yana Volkovich At Xandr, we are actively participating in ongoing industry discussions about the future of identity, as well as carefully evaluating various emerging proposals. One of those proposals is the Topics API. Deconstructing…
14 Jul 2022
Leonardo Da Vinci, design for a flying machine Historically, excellent technical documentation combines art and science, not just to collect information, but to create understanding using words. Readers should experience information transfer as smooth, transparent, and simple. As a writer and editor on Xandr’s Technical Communication team, though, I often find myself communicating about the invisible complexity of documentation. Creating…
11 Apr 2022
Going the Extra Mile with Our k8s Setup Photo by Conny Schneider on Unsplash ; The Kubernetes logo is a registered trademark of the Linux Foundation As part of Xandr’s long-term effort to migrate our core engines from a mixture of virtual machines (VM) and bare-metal servers to the new world of Kubernetes (k8s), my team has been charged with…
31 Mar 2022
Making the decision to come out is a deeply personal choice and journey. It is a process, and one in which no one person follows the same path in how they decide to share that aspect of themselves. In recognition of the Trans Day of Visibility, I wanted to share some of the thoughts and experiences I had while coming…
25 Mar 2022
Photo by Suhyeon Choi on Unsplash Having a full-time job can be stressful, but adding family planning to the mix can have some of us working overtime. In our early 20s, most of us are in a self-discovery phase, adjusting to the transition from full-time student to full-time worker. As we near our late 20s and early 30s, conversations around…
14 Feb 2022
Note: Xandr is involved with various industry TV research groups (ARF, CIMM, MRC, TVDI) and we are often asked for our uses and needs with TV data. This blog piece is derived from a perspective document that we shared with one of those industry groups — TVDI, the TV Data Initiative. How many people watched TV last night, and what…