Ramsey In-House

Ever had to miss a family event… because of work? If you work from home, does it feel like you're constantly on the clock?

Never miss your kids’ baseball game or dance recital because you have to be “on call”. Here at Ramsey, Family is a core value and it comes FIRST. Just because we work in the office doesn’t mean we don’t have flexibility.

When it's time to be present for our kids' activities, we're empowered to adjust our schedule around those commitments. Because they're only little once, and work/life balance MATTERS.

What does Ramsey "In-House" mean anyway? 🤔

It means we produce everything in-house. From radio & podcast production to NY Times bestselling books to apps that help millions of families get out of debt... it's ALL done within these Ramsey walls.

And we have LOTS more life-changing products to build. If this sounds like a cause you can get behind, click the link in our profile for all available openings.

One of our senior developers took it upon himself to set up a unit testing training for any other team members who wanted to learn. Because that's just who he is!

Jud represents these two Ramsey core values SO WELL:
- Self-Employed Mentality - we are ALL owners of this mission
- Team - we work best when we work together

What a privilege to work with team members who care so deeply and take ownership of this place 👏

Our engineering team takes intentional time to sit down with new team members and teach them about culture, best practices, and the history of Ramsey engineering.

This is done face-to-face over lunch with leaders and new team members spending about 3 hours together. It's leader-driven and such a powerful way to set expectations.

This is how teamwork and trust are built from the beginning! 👏

⬇️ Guest post by team member, Kristiana Burk ⬇️

💡 5-day SPRINT: How Product Squads Work💡

Day 1 - If you haven’t ever gone through the process before with your team, I’d encourage you to read the book Sprint by Jake Knapp and try it out! It’s a pretty cool tool that can be used for a variety of product discovery reasons.

Day 2 - Sketching & brainstorming ideas. Seeing what’s out there for inspiration & then group thinking & sketching around how we might design for the story map we created in day one.

The collaboration in a sprint is like no other! It will take you out of your comfort zone but also provide opportunities to appreciate the people you work with at a different level too. 🌱

Day 3 - Heat Mapping the sketches from day before & then storyboarding a prototype. So excited to see the ideas from the team come to life in a more tangible way!

Day 4 - Already building a mobile prototype & have members lined up to do user feedback sessions tomorrow 🙌🏼 With product, engineers, content & designers in the room, the discovery process is moving along quickly & with real-time collaboration. 🥰

Day 5 - The mobile prototype is COMPLETE in Framer & we have 5 customers lined up to walk through it this afternoon in real-time for the team to observe.

Way to go, team! 👏

Every month, our engineering team gathers to:

1) Learn about projects going on throughout Ramsey 💡
2) Grow - not just as developers, but also as awesome human beings 🌱
3) Have some FUN 🥳

For March, the theme was video games. They played a game where they guessed which video game theme song belonged with which game. (Think Sonic, Legend of Zelda, etc.)

In the end, there was only one person who got every answer right ➡️ Alex Aiezza 🎉 He won a sweet NES Lego set, courtesy of the Ramsey Engineering team.

This team works really freaking hard... but they clearly know how to have some F U N 👏

Engineers from our front-end chapter met together for a coffee hang a couple Fridays ago.

This was a great opportunity for them to take a break and get to know each other better over delicious, hot beverages ☕️

(Did we mention we have our own barista who creates our made-to-order lattes and mochas on demand? 😮)

What are lightning talks?

These are 5-minute talks the front-end engineering chapter gives when they meet monthly here at Ramsey Solutions.

Engineers sign up to share a topic they're passionate about or a project they're working on in order to raise awareness & share knowledge with their peers. This builds trust which allows the entire front-end team to work together faster and smarter.

(They also have fantastic snacks, so that's ALWAYS a win 🥑)

What would YOU talk about in a 5-minute lightning talk? ⬇️ Tell us in the comments!