Engineering Culture
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Creating a Culture of Learning Inside Your Company
I’ve been working in tech for more than fifteen years now, and when I first started building software, books were one of my main ways to learn. I would carry them everywhere, reading on commutes, during lunch breaks, and late at night. That’s why, for me, everything started with a book. Titles like The Pragmatic…
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A comprehensive review of DevoxxFR 2024
Devoxx France’s 12th edition took place from April 17 to April 19 in Paris at the Palais des Congrès, Porte Maillot. This year, Devoxx France expanded with the addition of a new floor to accommodate more than 4,000 people per day. The conference is designed by and for developers, placing special emphasis on content — evidenced by…
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Highlights from SnowCamp 2024
Our Criteos share the main takeaways from the biggest tech conference in Grenoble. Authors: Luiza, Estelle, Sylvain, Vincent, Eduardo, Concetto & Kini. SnowCamp 2024 was an incredible experience, and we’re already counting down the days until next year’s event. With tickets selling out in a mere minute and a bustling attendance of approximately 600 participants,…
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R&D Community Awards 2023 Recap
We celebrated everything we achieved during the year and recognized the Criteo R&D Ambassadors involved. The R&D Community is a key pillar for Criteo and represents our culture embracing Criteo’s values. To recognize that, we have celebrated our first Community Awards, where we reviewed everything we have achieved this year and witnessed the finalists and…
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Romain Lerallut on scaling, scaling, scaling
Tell us about your background and how you ended up at Criteo. After defending my Ph.D. in image processing in 2006, I joined a French start-up called A2iA working on handwriting recognition. When our robot overlords take over the world, they’ll be able to read your post-it notes on the fridge thanks to our work.…