Written by our consultant Johan Jäderblom.
I have had a passion project running for a few years now. Actually, it’s more like my passion project is the reason I got my first job.
It started as a windows forms app running on a second monitor while you played Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. If you’ve never played the game, during a round you earn money for the next, which you then spend on equipment at the start of that round. My app helped you by showing how much you would have left in the worst case the next round.
Then a friend of mine said he wanted to…
Written by our consultant Kristian Alvarez.
How to automatically find bugs and issues before your customers or hackers do.
In early 2014, security researchers from Google and Finnish Codenomicon independently discovered a bug in OpenSSL that would be known as Heartbleed. It has been referred to as one of the worst vulnerabilities ever found, affecting up to 17% of all secure websites at the point of discovery. Finnish Codenomicon was able to find the issue using fuzz testing, and you can do employ the same technology to secure your software.
Fuzzing is an automated software testing technique designed to automatically find bugs and security issues in software. In its simplest form, a fuzzer is a program that generates random…
A story about the global pandemic and its effect on our business, written by Malin Malmquist — an ‘Mpyan’.
At Christmas, I was driving home to Stockholm with Göran, an old family friend who I had not seen in years.
He asked me about the company I work for and how we were coping during the pandemic. So, I told him what 2020 was like as an Mpyan.
In March, when it became clear that COVID-19 had properly taken hold of Stockholm, things did not look promising.
Some of my colleagues lost their assignments almost immediately as clients looked to…
“In our business, expertise trumps hierarchy every time. I don’t pretend to have all the ideas and solutions needed to run a successful company.” — An article by Axel Sävstam, one of the founders of Mpya Digital.
In life, there are boundaries everywhere.
They are the rules, restrictions and laws that are placed upon us — or sometimes we place upon ourselves. Applied correctly, they are essential to our development. We depend on them. They help us reach our goals, both individually and as a society.
What I have found is that the need for these boundaries is a direct reflection of how secure you are feeling at the moment. If you experience insecurity, your boundaries immediately become your safety net. Your guidance for what to do and how to act. …
“I was actually amazed on how cool everybody was and how easy it was to feel like I’ve worked there for years already.” — A piece written by our newest member in business operations, William Bergdahl.
When you’re fresh out of school, I think it’s important to find a workplace where you can not only learn, but also truly feel that you are welcomed. That was the first thing that struck me when I met people from MPYA — everybody was so kind, welcoming and genuinely curious about me.
When I first got in touch with MPYA, everyone I spoke with talked about the culture and how important it is to create a welcoming and friendly atmosphere, with very little hierarchy. I thought to myself that “this is too good to be true”. …
“Perhaps this was meant to be?” — A piece written by our newest addition in business operations (also known as joy makers), Karin Äng.
When I was about nineteen, I spent a year in London where I worked and did some thinking about my next step in life. You know, thinking about what to study and what to become. (All while visiting some nice places in London, of course.) One thing I came across was a company that worked with headhunting; matching people with roles and companies, and I remembered I was quite fascinated being in that process. I thought, in the back of my mind, that this could be something for me. I like to listen to people, hear what they say and…
or the words you use have impact
Do you spend any time thinking about the words you use? How they may change the perceived meaning of what you’re trying to say? Do you take ownership or redirect blame?
Let’s explore an example
You are a backend developer. You have just completed a new endpoint, your colleague is going to implement the frontend work for this now. He points out that the requirements are not quite met yet. So you commit to fix the issues the next day. During the standup the following day you are describing you tasks for the day and you say: “My colleague wanted…
While honesty and integrity are qualities we all hold dear, pragmatism must also come into play when you are running a business.
In the article I wrote last week, I tried to describe what authenticity means to me. I think one sentence from that piece sums it up nicely:
Authenticity is about being in control of your actions and listening to your emotions.
For me, there has to be an element of responsibility when it comes to authenticity. It is not just about having lisence to be the ‘real you’ wherever you go. …
Jag ska vara rakt på sak: många chefer jag mött är superdåliga på att vara ledare. Varför är det så? Min enkla tes är att många chefer helt enkelt att inte har förmågan att agera ledare. Det är ett svårt uppdrag som bitvis kräver en hel del tid.
På mina första arbetsplatser gick det åt mycket energi till att hitta ledarskapet. När jag behövde stöd var de upptagna, när jag behövde vägledning var de inte insatta i min uppgift och när jag behövde hjälp hade de inte riktigt tid. …
Starting a new job can be nerve-wracking at the best of times, but in the middle of a global pandemic it moves to a whole new level. Hear it from our newest consultant Jeff Jonasson.
Here I have summarised my experience of changing employer in a difficult time. How in many ways I was lucky to end up in an organisation with competent and caring colleagues who made me feel part of the company from day one — even though I did not have an assignment yet.
Earlier this year, I was looking for a new challenge. I had been working as an IT consultant for a while, but I figured I had learned all I could at my most recent long-term assignment and felt like it was time for something new.
I made contact…
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