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   by dchhugani 8y ago

   Thanks!!
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   by dchhugani 8y ago

   Probably, but not everyone has the luxury of a great tech person to lead their remote tech team. Also, if it’s a field where the nontechnical person has some level of domain expertise, they arguably have a better sense of product direction,
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   by dchhugani 8y ago

   glad it resonates, painful stuff using waterfall at this stage
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   by dchhugani 8y ago

   Thanks! Will ask my colleagues at YouTeam to fix this!
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   by dchhugani 8y ago

   Glad it’s useful!
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   by dchhugani 8y ago

   Glad it helps!
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   by dchhugani 8y ago

   I'm looking for a technical partner. I think there's no secret recipe, but I especially like the answers below that suggest to be methodical about finding people and assume most won't work out due to life circumstances, timin
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   by dchhugani 8y ago

   Glad you like it + appreciate the kind words.
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   by dchhugani 8y ago

   OP here: I wrote this post to shed some light on everything I've learned about managing remote developer teams when you're nontechnical (as in you don't write usable code for your product). I also wrote this to shed light on
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    Managing Remote Dev Teams If You're Nontechnical(youteam.co.uk)

    36 points by dchhugani 8y ago|20 comments
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    I'm the founder/CEO of The Lobby (YC W18). Looking for a founding team member to lead our engineering efforts in NYC. Here's a post I wrote describing it genuinely: https://medium.com/@deepakchhugani/im-l
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    Hello! Thanks for the candid feedback. Only time will tell :). best of luck
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    The Lobby (YC W18) Is Looking for a Founding VP of Engineering in NYC(thelobby.io)

    1 points by dchhugani 8y ago
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    They already spend time doing this for friends/alumni/family. Whether or not employees are fully productive at work is a completely different discussion - we're just trying to give people without inside access the same benefi
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    OP here: Thanks so much to the HN community for all the amazing support + critical feedback. Deeply appreciated! Apologies if I don't see / respond to more comments, will try to check back and answer when I can. If you want to kee
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    definitely a concern. For something like this to happen, The Lobby has to have already reached a very large mass (i.e. employers wouldn't care otherwise), but we'll think of guard rails or measures to avoid this from happening. I
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    hello! i like this idea - we'll keep it in mind. again my only concern is when The Lobby does pre-screening without giving any coaching, we again resort to arbitrary measures such as resume, good grades, etc. instead of trying to be a
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    Thank you! On it :).
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    Got it, I misread that!
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    Exactly on chicken & egg - but we feel the hyper local approach is a really actionable way to solve it, we're already seeing it work in our niche. It's not really our responsibility at all, even to make sure people abide by co
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    Again here would suggest you check out GLG, Alphasights and other expert networks. They deal with much more sensitive info than "interview prep,"and much larger dollar figures; they do this with 1099's and have no issues for
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    Hello! Appreciate your deep dive on the thread and agree that if we look at bits and pieces of my comments, it's not totally clear. So let me write up a unified answer here. In some cases, this is definitely against the company's
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    Yes! See your points. We'll have to agree to disagree :). Good night!!! Appreciate the candid feedback.
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    I heard this podcast too! I've also heard of people trying similar ideas. I have many strong opinions on why it didn't work for them and others. The main reason for Hacker Rank (And he says it in the podcast) is that in India the
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    Thank you for the kind words and feedback! I'm copy pasting some stuff from the thread below. "Definitely agree that this could be a problem. Practically speaking - we keep identities anonymous and so employees are protected. Ethi
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    I'm very scared to speak about something I don't know in-depth, but my engineer friends (And even some HN readers in the thread) are very vocal that even in tech this is the case. For example, the product marketing team at Faceboo
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    I think I understand why it bothers you. I think if you heard one of the calls or how it happens you'd understand the magic behind them. Paid dynamic just makes it all about making it valuable to the candidate. It also lets the candida
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    Thanks for pointing that out - I missed it here. Answered a similar question elsewhere in the thread: "Definitely agree that this could be a problem. Practically speaking - we keep identities anonymous and so employees are protected. E
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    Thank you! This is awesome feedback. We know that banks also want to diversify where they recruit people from. They're having trouble finding people from the non-Ivy schools, females, and also diverse backgrounds. We've heard that
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    by dchhugani 8y ago

    I like this! We'll consider it :).