Tag: agency-culture
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Hiring for Culture Fit in Tech: Science vs Gut Feeling
“Culture fit” sounds principled. In most European tech hiring processes I’ve observed over the past decade, it functions as something narrower: a mechanism for managing interpersonal risk. That’s not how it’s framed. But it’s how it behaves. What the Research Actually Says Google’s Project Aristotle, which analysed more than 180 internal teams, concluded that psychological…
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Top Digital Agencies to Work For in 2026
Six years on the agency side, across three different agencies in Hamburg and one period of independent consulting, taught me what the industry looks like from inside a hiring decision. What follows is a list with a framework, not a ranking. Rankings imply comparable variables. Agency quality depends almost entirely on your specific role, career…
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What Makes a Great Digital Agency?
Not all agencies are the same. The difference between working at a well-run digital agency and a poorly-run one is the difference between the most professionally rewarding period of your career and a grinder that leaves you exhausted, underpaid, and questioning the industry. The problem is that most people can’t tell the difference from the…
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How to Transition from Corporate IT to a Digital Agency
I spent twelve years in corporate IT — network engineering, infrastructure, eventually leading a team of fifteen at a Tier 1 manufacturing company in Germany. It paid well. The benefits were solid. And after year eight, I was bored out of my mind. The move to agency work wasn’t planned. A recruiter reached out about…