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by petesoder 13y ago
Curious, why misleading?
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by petesoder 13y ago
It's very true. Many times orgs write generic, catch-all engineering job specs. Or they say they're looking for any 'good' engineer. They think this is a good idea since it seems to apply to the broadest number of candid
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by petesoder 13y ago
yep - this is totally designed to be a more scalable lead-gen strategy (top of funnel). Next post will be on effective interviewing by/of engineers. I find many companies don't tend to do that in a scalable way, either.
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by petesoder 13y ago
Good comment, thanks. And appreciate the connection with professional networking. As a young engineer, it was very hard for me to come to understand the value of building my network. I guess when there's so many horrible 'networki
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by petesoder 13y ago
I couldn't agree more. Engineers are loathe to enter into a traditional recruiting process (i.e. go in through the front door) when they have so many options out there. It's far more attractive if they can 'window shop'
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by petesoder 13y ago
If you can't explain in 60 seconds why an engineer should want to come and work at your company, you're dead.
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by petesoder 13y ago
Good feedback, thank you. Although I'm not sure it's about creating meaningful connections between engineers and "recruiters," Although I guess it depends who the recruiter is in the company. Sometimes it's the CTO
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by petesoder 13y ago
Thanks. It's been a ton of fun learning to teach story-telling to engineers/CTOs. Every good developer cares about an interesting engineering challenge, but nailing the quick story around it can be slightly challenging sometimes.
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by petesoder 13y ago
Yeah - great point. Recruiting is so hard these days that most people don't get enough leads in the top of the funnel in order to really see enough quality candidates get through the screening process. Establishing an engineering story
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Why PR for Your Engineering Team is not Crazy Talk(blog.petesoder.com)
35 points by petesoder 13y ago|25 comments
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Using Go for Statistical Programming(g33ktalk.com)
7 points by petesoder 13y ago|0 comments
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by petesoder 13y ago
g33ktalk, NYC - Community Manager/Growth Hacker g33ktalk is building an international community of software engineers passionate about open-source technologies and interested in the real-world architectures in use at top startups. We're a s
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I'm Solving my Problems by Writing(blog.petesoder.com)
3 points by petesoder 13y ago|1 comments
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Announcing the SF Hack & Tell group(g33ktalk.com)
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What is a hacktivist?(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by petesoder 14y ago|0 comments
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Steve Souders: Your Script Just Killed my Site(g33ktalk.com)
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Intro to Caching with Varnish – g33ktalk Audio(g33ktalk.com)
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by petesoder 14y ago
Great point. Wonder if there's an analog here with the building of technical platforms. Hind-sight is 20/20 and explaining how one feels he/she made tech decisions could come out similarly subjective. But asking about the story behind the p
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by petesoder 14y ago
Curious to hear thoughts on the '4 takeaways' ... For instance, do you think investors are 'at least as likely to succeed by investing in “failed” entrepreneurs as “successful” ones'?
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Why Silicon Valley Tech Wunderkinds Overestimate Their Own Smarts and Abilities(forbes.com)
162 points by petesoder 14y ago|87 comments
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How to Level Up in Your Career as a Startup Software Engineer(g33ktalk.com)
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by petesoder 14y ago
+1 thought that was the best quote, too
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What the F*** N-Gage?(scottfoe.blogspot.com)
3 points by petesoder 14y ago|2 comments
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How to Arm Yourself for the War for (Engineering) Talent(g33ktalk.com)
2 points by petesoder 14y ago|0 comments
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by petesoder 14y ago
Exactly. A $1M investment by a company like Netflix to stay in our faces for - how long - '06 to 09 (and beyond!), was well worth it to them in terms of branding and new subscribers.
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The One Product That Makes Apple a Trillion-Dollar Company Overnight(launch.co)
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MIT's annual sports stat geek conference - Who's the best shooter int the NBA?(fastcompany.com)
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The Man Who Broke Atlantic City(theatlantic.com)
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How to Stand Out When All You Have is Potential(jasonseiden.com)
1 points by petesoder 15y ago|0 comments
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Live Blogging Apple’s iPad Event(bits.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by petesoder 15y ago|0 comments

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