Published in Akeneo Labs·Jun 24, 2022OKRs at AkeneoTL; DR: it is not easy delivering good OKRs Innovation is saying no to a thousand things. Steve Jobs Definition OKRs are, in today’s world, the most popular ‘goal-setting’ framework. It stands for Objectives & Key Results, and companies use it to define goals and track their outcomes. Your Objective is…Okr8 min readOkr8 min read
Published in Akeneo Labs·Jun 3, 2022How do we manage role change at the Akeneo Product Department?Role change goes both ways A role change is always a subject that requires support and must work both ways for the person changing and the manager. At Akeneo, we have set up a support system for job changes following an observation. The observation was mainly we provided no support for people promoted to a…Product4 min readProduct4 min read
Published in Akeneo Labs·Jun 18, 2021Hiring journey at AkeneoWe will try in this article to describe our current engineering recruitment process at Akeneo. We’ve decided to shine more light, more clarity on how we carefully select candidates. This will allow you to understand why and how we do it. We know that many hiring processes are demanding and…Hiring5 min readHiring5 min read
Published in Geek Culture·Apr 11, 2021Architecture Decision Record (ADR)ADRs as a decision-making tool like RFCs — From Wikipedia: Steve Crocker first introduced the RFC system in 1969 to help record unofficial notes during the creation of the ARPANET. Later, Internet RFCs became established and are used by the Internet Engineering Task Force as official documents of Internet specifications, communications protocols, procedures, and events. I value the…Engineering6 min readEngineering6 min read
Published in Akeneo Labs·Mar 15, 2021Introducing an Engineering Career Ladder at AkeneoWhy we introduce an engineering ladder? The first discussion around a career ladder came up at the beginning of 2020 with our beloved teammates. We were at a team offsite, the Little Atlantique Brewery at Nantes, to discuss the past year, what was cool and less cool, and what we could improve as a company? The…Careers6 min readCareers6 min read
Published in Akeneo Labs·Dec 9, 2020Joining Akeneo as a Software EngineerJoining a new company and onboarding teammates properly is a mutual challenge, both for the company and the newcomer. The first day and first month are crucial when you should follow the new teammate closely and ensure you get all the right materials. …Onboarding6 min readOnboarding6 min read
Nov 9, 2020Holy sh*t, I turned 40…2020 is a crazy year for me, my family, my loved ones, my teammates, everyone. It is not yet finished that it outperforms all the other years that I have known. 2020 is also a symbolic year for me. I was born in 1980 in Brest, France. 20 years old…Management21 min readManagement21 min read
Published in Akeneo Labs·Oct 16, 2020Moving to Notion (and away from Confluence)Context In June 2019, I started a new role at Akeneo as an Engineering manager in the Product department. For the first few weeks, I sat down with my teammates, and I mostly listened, read, talked, and wrote down improvements on different topics. Following up on those notes, I figured the…Team5 min readTeam5 min read
Aug 29, 202040 years is too old in the tech industry?First of all, a bit of context and why this subject matters to me. I coded since I was 12 years old and until I reached my thirty. Then, I switched to a production engineer role with less coding and more system installation or configuration. I worked as such for…Leadership3 min readLeadership3 min read
Aug 26, 2020Singularity University: Analogies and Differences with UniversitiesIntroduction The increasing usage of technology has in recent years raised new technical and human concerns. Using the so-called Moore’s Law, named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, we see that the complexity of semiconductors has doubled every year at a constant cost since 1959, and it is predicted that this trend…26 min read26 min read
