What's New in December 2023

Before you dive in Dwarves is operated as a 50% company, 50% community. Everything we learn along the way of work, we transform into knowledge and distribute back to our tech community.

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In December, we launched our Consulting Team, released our finding on tech trends, and last but not least, got everyone ready to wrap up 2023.

• Reporting Tech Signals - We stay ahead by monitoring high-potential trends in tech.
• Launching Consulting Team - Dwarves Consulting is shaping up.
• Performance Review - The Dwarves way. We don’t just base our review by performance, but also on everyone’s effort to grow in their career.
• Dwarves of the Year 2023 - Time to tribute and reward team members who made significant impacts to our growth.
• Join our team - Admin / Ops, BD, Tech Recruiter

Reporting tech signals

Technologies move fast. We’re not ones to get left behind. Every month we watch tech trends closely to depict which ones have high potential, and can be part of our growing tech stack.

This month highlights strong signals on AI gaining mainstream traction, the comeback of WebGPU, Actor Model in computing, Security and ComplianceAsCode, nNFT standards for asset provenance. And programming-language-wise: Rust, Lua Dart.

For the full read, come here.

Launching Consulting Team

Dwarves’ Consulting team consists of anyone who’s hungry for more than just coding.

• Team of Specialists: we favor collective expertise, knowledge sharing and collaboration, to craft innovative solutions that exceed expectations.
• Innovative Mindset: we encourage out-of-the-box thinking, experimentation, and creative problem-solving.
• Transparent Communication: we lay everything out on the open, fostering a collaborative environment that promotes trust, clarity, and alignment.

Monthly top performers

Each month we track how productive and valuable each of our team members by using delivery points. For now, the top 5 high-performing members get rewards with $ICY. In Dec, kudos to those peeps who outperformed the rest: Nam Nguyen, Lap Nguyen, Ngoc Thanh, Jim and Hung Vong.

Last month we also shipped quite a number of features, highlighting:

• Mochi UI - an open source IU library for every software project
• Rust game - an inhouse game we’re developing for our upcoming summit

Dwarves of the Year 2023

It’s been one of our longest tradition, to tribute and reward team members who made significant impacts to our growth. Dwarves of the Year 2023 is brewing up with various categories and a total rewards of $25k.

On Jan 13th, we’re flying non-Saigon peeps to Saigon so everyone can get together and party their hearts out!

Performance Review

The Dwarves way. We don’t just base on our review by performance, but also on everyone’s effort to grow in their career. As our theme for the year is MMA (Mastery, Meaning, Autonomy), we develop a system of metrics to make sure our engineers are not only skilled, but also head toward higher purpose.

Community

• Top contributors to our Discord server this month brought in a lot of new knowledge. Thank you, and we hope you enjoy your $ICY rewards.
• Techie’s Tiktok reached 16k followers! We’re happy to be reaching new people through each story. And you can always let us know whose story you’d want to know, we’ll try to make it happen!

Join our team

We are looking for the following talents to join our team

• Admin / Ops (Fulltime)
• Technical Recruiter (Fulltime)

Email us at spawn@d.foundation or ping @nikki on Discord for JDs / to refer someone you know. TIA!

FAQ

Q: Do Dwarves offer internships?

Currently we don’t have any internship positions available. Dwarves facilitate apprenticeship and internship as a program, instead of individually. News about these programs will be updated on note.d.foundation.

Q: How can I contribute to Dwarves network?

Everyone can contribute knowledge in our Discord and/or contribute to our Bounties. All valuable contributions will be rewarded in ICY ( 1 ICY ~ $1.5)

Q: Do Dwarves have any events?

We have these reoccurring events:

• Radio Talk (Weekly, Monday): sharing technical learning, demos, showcases
• Tech Event (Monthly): sharing programming trends, tech trends, panel discussions
• Community Call (Monthly): summary wins and growth of the month