Behaviour and protocol

Code reviews Consulting 101 Feedback Good meetings practices How to facilitate team meetings Inclusive language Values

Career

360 review Continuing education policy Engineering manager career ladder Roles Software engineer progression framework Technical skills sheet

Employee manual

Abtion's pomodoro Employee benefits Internal days & community Intro Parental leave policy Safety and security Schedule, time tracking & calendar Sickness & unplanned absence Travelling Vacation & planned time off Work from anywhere policy

Project management

Technical setup when starting a new project Client discontinuing hosting or sla Converting projects from development to maintenance mode Estimating Estimating project maintenance Go live checklist Handoffs Invoicing guidelines Procedure for traffic

Setup

Audio setup Create amazon bucket Database backup setup Gpg signing Pairing setup

Technical practices

Bug triaging Css How and why we do design research Kick off meeting Pair programming Tdd testdriven development Workflow

Templates

Readme.standard

Tools and services

Access and permissions Purchasing licenses and memberships Sharing sensitive information Stack and services Wordpress
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Behaviour and protocol

Inclusive language

At Abtion, we want everybody to feel welcome and safe. In order to facilitate this, we encourage everyone to be mindful about the language they use. Below is a list of words that can be hurtful to other people and should be avoided.

Gendered pronouns

Bad

When the user logs in, he is greeted by a NemID box.

Good

When the user logs in, they are greeted by a NemID box.

Grandfathering

Bad

The current users will be grandfathered when we increase the price of our product.

Good

The current users will be moved to the legacy pricing model when we increase the price of our product.

Man hours

Bad

We have calculated a mythical 120 man hours per month.

Good

We have calculated a mythical 120 work hours per month.

Gendered nouns

Bad

We decided to hire a new chairman and two new salesmen to cope with the increased manpower.

Good

We decided to hire a new chair and two new sales representatives to cope with the increased workforce.

master branch

Bad

Checkout the master branch and start working.

Good

Checkout the main branch and start working.

Master/slave

Bad

We configured the database with a master and 10 slaves.

Good

We configured the database with a source and 10 replicas.

Blacklist/whitelist

Bad

All allowed and blocked emails are kept in a whitelist and blacklist, respectively.

Good

All allowed and blocked emails are kept in an allowlist and a blocklist, respectively.

Redlining

Bad

I redlined the areas that need changing.

Good

I highlighted the areas the need changing.

Dummy value

Bad

I filled in the form with dummy values.

Good

I filled in the form with default/example/fake/test values.

Sanity check

Bad

After working from home, we gave the code a sanity check.

Good

After working from home, we double checked the code.

Crazy

Bad

That is a crazy idea.

Good

That is a wild idea.

No-brainer

Bad

This decision is a no-brainer.

Good

This is an easy decision.

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