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The Finnish software consulting company Compile’s net sales for 2020 rose to EUR 6.8 million (an increase of 51 per cent). Operating profit also grew handsomely, by 242 per cent, from the previous year. In addition to a strong financial performance, Compile scored a top score in the 2020 employee satisfaction survey – despite the […]

The pandemic posed new challenges to coping at work – that is why the theories of human sustainability seem to be critical today. At the same time, their practical implementation in working life seems to be a challenge for many companies. Too often, we see examples where the momentary interest of the business, the short-term […]

“Full-stack-defender with a focus on front-end making. React, Angular, Typescript and Java are my strongest areas, ”says Riku Kallio, one of Compile’s most recent employees. Riku is a graduate engineer in information technology, who has been interested in everything technical since he was a little boy. At the age of 19, when he was assigned […]

First came Basic, then Pascal. Kalle Kuismanen’s enthusiasm for coding was ignited at the age of 12 in the school’s IT club. “At the assembly, I made small games and demos. A year later, I tried to sell a Spectravideo demo to a shop selling the same machines, but the shop collapsed into technical problems. […]

“At Compile, I was impressed by the company’s values, the focus on high quality and sustainable development, and the customer- and employee-centred way of running the company,” says Antti Varjoinen. In 2019, when Antti was considering the next challenges, he was offered many roles. At the same time, however, he decided to apply himself to […]

“Before the turn of the millennium, Microsoft’s technologies related to web development were found on the desktop: ASP, VB6, WebClasses, IIS, MS SQL Server. I then moved – perhaps to my surprise – to write software for smartphones. At first I practiced with Psion Revo when EPOC had already changed into Symbian in the background,” […]

“I was asked to join Compile four years ago. The company was relatively unknown at the time, but I decided to listen to the founders’ story. The founders’ offer differed from the offers of others – fair wages, flexibility in working hours and interesting tasks,” says Mikko Mustonen. Mikko is a Master of Science in […]

In this two-part blog series, we show examples of how Compile solves people’s everyday issues, ensuring that everyone is a winner. Solutions are made by putting people first, not by maximizing revenue streams or short-term gain. The first part of the human sustainability blog series can be found here. In the second part of the […]