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Hi, I am Yuri Pukhov, the director of the IT company YuSMP Group. I want to share my leadership experience. Our web studio is relatively young - we have been on the market since 2017, but before gathering my own team, I was in a senior position in the IT industry for several years. During that time, I formed several principles that help in working with a team.
When I first became a manager, it was difficult to know how to act correctly: to be a tough boss or a friend-assistant for employees, or need to look for a happy middle ground?
I quickly realized that the word boss is not about me and not about my position. I am rather a mentor and a team leader. And this is how I understand leadership:
- The leader is convinced that every issue is solvable. He must be resourceful and help employees find a way out of any difficulties.
- A leader should inspire. To be eager to do the business and influence others. It is important to believe in the goals and objectives that are set for employees. Insincerity is always felt, and nothing of value can be built on a lie.
- It is simple, but a leader is about strength and courage. You have to be strong to admit your mistakes and not give up in difficult times. To be bold to take risks, and accept feedback from employees about their work.
- I am convinced that criticism can only be constructive. I do not allow negative, destructive statements either within the team or in relation to the company from the outside.
- It is important to give employees feedback. I have often come across the fact that managers are included only when it is necessary to point out weaknesses and mistakes in the work. Of course, it is important to show the growth points to each team member and monitor the quality of work, but at the same time, I try not to miss the opportunity to praise my colleagues.
- It is important to set the right example - no one will want to work at full strength if the manager himself does not devote himself to the process. I also instill organization in the team - I make my schedule and control the schedule of employees.
- From my point of view, the leader should not only assign himself the achievements of the company, and blame the failures of subordinates. I do the opposite - I share the responsibility for failures with the employees, and I give the victories to the team.
This is how I see a manager-a leader who shows hard work by his example and involvement in processes. He gives employees freedom but does not let the work take its course, notes success, but can defend the boundaries.
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In recent years, the technology of cross-platform development of mobile applications has gained great popularity. Many startups and small and medium-sized enterprises use the potential of cross-platform development to create applications in a relatively shorter period of time, which is one of the main motives for the introduction of this technology.
There is no denying that a cross-platform solution is an advantage for entrepreneurs who do not want to invest in the development of native applications or want the application to be created quickly.
However, cross-platform development has problems and features that you need to know before starting a project.
Disadvantages of cross-platform development
Delayed and limited updates
Cross-platform development environments are slowly adapting to OS updates. The framework development tools are expected to adapt to new OS features and capabilities as they evolve, but this process is usually very slow.
Moreover, the cross-platform environment does not support all the functions of a particular operating system, or some functions may be incompatible with a particular environment for smooth operation.
Low performance
In terms of performance, cross-platform applications are not that impressive. There are many reasons behind this. Such products cannot interact with the hardware of the device, as a native application does. Inconsistent communication between a native device and non-native components also affects application performance.
Weak functionality
An application created using this approach still does not have full access to all smartphone functions. You also depend on third-party code to integrate with a specific platform and have to check for errors in their implementation and work around them.
Poor user interface/UX
Cross-platform applications are also not suitable for applications that require a rich UI/UX. Native applications should be the final choice in this case, since they are designed with the design recommendations for a specific platform in mind and can take full advantage of the hardware of the device. Unfortunately, cross-platform applications lag in this segment and, therefore, do not offer a rich UI/UX.
Animation problems
Modern design is already unthinkable without animation — users like it and make the application more understandable and responsive. Hybrid products, as a rule, support animation worse, most often they refuse it altogether.
What projects are cross-platform applications suitable for?
Choosing cross-platform development
- When a shorter time to market is required.
- If the application is a fairly simple project.
- For prototyping and MVP.
This opinion is shared by the authors of authoritative sources, such as Habr and КИ.RU:
To sum up
The cross-platform approach is good for simple products or for MVP testing. Native development gives developers significantly more control over user interaction, and also allows you to develop applications for simple support. We believe that it is better to stick to the native interface and not sacrifice design elements unique to each platform.