Summersault Blog

Sometimes I have to remind myself that just because we want to try to be all things to our clients doesn’t mean that we can be. Of course, for any given project, the conversation about what’s possible, and on what timeline, and at what cost is never a simple one. The bigger the project, the more complex that conversation becomes. It can be easy to over-promise and under-deliver if you’re not extremely careful.

Several years ago, we began using parts of the “Extreme Programming (XP)” software engineering paradigm in our development process, with the goal of improving our time estimates, better understanding what we were able to deliver to our clients and when. I’ve not found any part of XP to be more useful than the way it describes the interactions between these four variables:
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Ten reasons to work at Summersault:

1. Our mission is to build and sustain communities using the technologies of the Internet. Who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?
2. We offer flexible scheduling, so you can arrange your work around your life, instead of arranging your life around your work.
3. We’re always working with interesting tools and technologies.
4. We pay 100% of health insurance for full-time staff and competitive premiums for spouses and dependents, including vision and dental benefits.
5. In-depth performance reviews provide you with concrete professional goals and feedback on your successes.
6. We have a volunteer and community service program that compensates you for being active in the community.
7. Our employee wellness program helps you to stay healthy.
8. We offer paid vacation time, up to four weeks per year.
9. We regularly recognize outstanding contributions that our staff make, in the office, to our clients, and out in the world.
10. We’re locally owned, and we give back to the community.

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