The dreaded enjoyable technical interview

It sounds like an oxymoron; give me a chance to explain. Like almost everybody who has ever worked in software development, I have had my fair share of bad technical interviews. Almost everybody agrees they are necessary. I say almost

Life After Big IT

There’s a story I tell candidates during their interviews, that embodies the spirit of Vena. Shortly after I left a big IT firm to join Vena as the new development manager, I “Slacked” one of our coops to ask how …

The Vena Internship Experience

I still remember applying to Vena like it was yesterday, a simple task that has changed my life forever. As a first year student who has only 4 months of university under his belt, I knew my chances of finding …

Our Culture

It’s always been an interesting challenge explaining to a prospective hire all that they will get out of an experience at Vena. I can’t project the future for them, the levelling up it will do for their career, the excitement and …