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This work is the foundation of the \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/360033/opt-in-alpha-test-for-a-new-stacks-editor\">alpha test\u003C/a> we are doing on the Public Platform. \u003C/li>\u003Cli>We expanded and updated our Slack integration, which has great adoption across the Teams users. \u003C/li>\u003Cli>We also invested a lot of time into improving and expanding our self-serve capabilities across \u003Ca href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/teams\">signups\u003C/a>, onboarding, and product support.\u003C/li>\u003Cli>Just after the new year, we launched \u003Ca href=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/01/21/personalized-feeds-now-available-on-teams/\">For You\u003C/a>, a personalized feed highlighting actions to take and content that might be of interest to a user.\u003C/li>\u003C/ul>\n\u003C!-- /wp:list -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>This work has only been possible thanks to a hardworking and dedicated team, and we’re continuing to add more people there. Last year, we kicked off recruitment to add folks across Product, Community, and Engineering (and across the rest of the company). We’re excited to be growing and adding new colleagues with diverse experiences, fresh perspectives, and the people power to drive our plans and deliver impact to our users.\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>We’re lucky to have an overwhelming response to our open roles and are hard at work on the hiring process. You have probably started to see some new Stack folks on the platform. Say hello if that’s the case!\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>When it comes to new faces on the Community Team, we’re also in the process of dividing the team into more specialized sub-teams as we grow. This will improve focus and reduce the context switching for our existing CMs. As we grow our team, bringing new community managers into a more focused team reduces their initial scope of learning and more quickly allows them to support and deliver impact to our Community. If you are interested in joining us, check out our \u003Ca href=\"https://stackoverflow.com/company/work-here\">Work Here\u003C/a> page for more information and open roles.\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:heading -->\n\u003Ch2 id=\"h-looking-ahead-2021-and-beyond\">Looking Ahead: 2021 and Beyond\u003C/h2>\n\u003C!-- /wp:heading -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>In January, we published \u003Ca href=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/01/25/a-deeper-dive-into-our-may-2019-security-incident/\">a deeper dive into our 2019 security incident\u003C/a>, which got a lot of attention and was highly shared. In continuing our commitment to transparency and communication we shared our Q1 Community & Public Platform Roadmap as both a \u003Ca href=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/01/28/the-loop-community-public-platform-roadmap-q1-2021/\">blog post\u003C/a> and a \u003Ca href=\"https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/344178/the-q1-2020-community-roadmap-is-on-the-blog\">meta post\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>We continued our annual \u003Ca href=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/02/04/stack-gives-back-2020/\">Stack Gives Back\u003C/a> program where we donate towards a set of charities on behalf of our moderators based on their votes as a way to thank them for their contributions for the previous year. This year, we are going to continue to explore social impact initiatives in hopes of having an impact on developers and technologists everywhere, but also on making the world a better place.\u003C/p>\n\u003C!-- /wp:paragraph -->\n\n\u003C!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\u003Cp>And finally, a quick update on our annual Dev Survey. Last year, we opened the \u003Ca href=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/02/05/the-2020-developer-survey-is-now-open/\">Dev Survey\u003C/a> on February 5, 2020 and released \u003Ca href=\"https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/02/05/the-2020-developer-survey-is-now-open/\">the results\u003C/a> on May 27, 2020. As you well know, an awful lot happened during that stretch and we learned our lesson around needing a faster turnaround between the two milestones. This year we plan to launch the 2021 Dev Survey in or around June and have results back to everyone within 1-2 months. 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