Toughbyte blog

Useful info & advice for developers and those looking to hire them

How we expanded to Colombia

At Toughbyte, we focused on tech recruitment two years ago and since then the business has grown steadily. We've expanded beyond...

Veronika Tulchevskaia
June 17, 2020

How to write a good developer job ad

Finding a suitable candidate is always a tough task, even if there is a team of professionals ready to help you with the hiring process....

Veronika Tulchevskaia
June 9, 2020

Interview with Alexander Pinin, Software Developer at Smarp

How did you decide to become a developer? Tell a bit about yourself. After graduating from a technical college I worked as a...

Michael Andreyev
April 27, 2020

Nine foolproof ways to nail your follow up email after interview

This is a guest blog post by Mile Živković , a marketing manager and strategist. The job market is tough and landing that dream position...

Mile Živković
August 28, 2018

What’s next for Toughbyte

It’s been almost three years since we incorporated Toughbyte. We recently had a chance to reflect on the progress so far and decide what...

Oleg Podsechin
May 18, 2018

GraphQL — what’s in it for my business?

This is a guest blog post by Markus Tarkiainen , an API consultancy. GraphQL , the application query language developed by Facebook, is...

Markus Tarkiainen
November 29, 2017

What’s in a name? A CSS naming convention overview

CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, are used to describe the presentation of an HTML document. We recently organized a workshop where the...

Oleg Nechiporenko
January 4, 2017

Why we co-organized the Digital Product Weekend

A few weeks ago, we co-organized the Digital Product Weekend together with The Shortcut . Over the course of two days, nine teams of...

Oleg Podsechin
December 5, 2016

How to structure an R&D team in Russia

This is the second post in a series. The first one explains why it’s time to build software in Russia — check it out. So, you’ve...

Anton Korenyushkin
October 31, 2016