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\"Agile,<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Monday was Labor Day, which marks the traditional end of the summer in the US. The kids are back in school, and nobody’s allowed to wear white <\/span>anymore<\/span>, or something like that. So, in keeping with these traditions, I thought I’d do my take on the classic ‘What I did this summer’ back-to-school essay prompt…but with a little help from my fellow Tasktopians.<\/p>\n

For many of us, this was a chance to step away from our desk and enjoy the great outdoors. Bernard went paddling in the Widgeon Creek Estuary.<\/p>\n

\"Bernard-kayak\"<\/p>\n

Kevin hiked 30K and was rewarded with this amazing view of the Milky Way.<\/p>\n

\"Astral<\/p>\n

Sometimes, this was in the company of their fellow Tasktopians, like when Steffen, Michael, Martin and Christoph gathered for drinks at Lake Ammersee near Munich…<\/span><\/p>\n

\"lake-ammersee\"<\/p>\n

and Rob and Wesley went on a 6-day sailing voyage to Princess Louisa Inlet on the coast of British Columbia!<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Rob<\/p>\n

Others found less intense ways to enjoy the company of their fellow Tasktopians outside of the office, like Melanie conquering the rock wall at the business development team’s summer outing…<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Melanie-rockwall\"<\/p>\n

…and Laurel and Emily grabbing a picture with the seven-foot yeti at Agile 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"yeti\"<\/p>\n

Trevor and Mara spent a day learning and <\/span>presenting at Product Camp Austin<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Prod-camp1\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

And me? Well, I virtually joined Nicole, Betty, and Scot as well as Dave West from <\/span>Scrum.org<\/span><\/a> and Zubin Irani from <\/span>cPrime<\/span><\/a> to moderate our Summer of Agile <\/span>webinar series<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"TASKTOP-SOA-generic-960x200\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So, that’s some of what we did this summer. Hopefully, you were able to have some adventures of your own and cross off a couple of items from our list of <\/span>10 Agile Things to Do This Summer<\/span><\/a> or read one of the books on our <\/span>Summer of Agile Reading List<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

P.S. If any of this sounds like fun to you, head over to our <\/span>careers page<\/span><\/a>. We have open positions in engineering, business development and sales.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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