shath2018

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Flockjay (YC W19) is hiring product-minded full-stack and back-end engineers(jobs.lever.co)
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Flockjay (YC W19) is hiring early engineers and teachers(jobs.lever.co)
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Flockjay (YC W19) is hiring early engineers and teachers(jobs.lever.co)
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by shath2018 8y ago
There's still huge demand for these roles - two questions to ask yourself are 1) how do I stand out? and 2) do I enjoy it? This is a great related thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18862790#18865742 If you&#
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by shath2018 8y ago
So pumped and proud to have you in class, and I love that we can help support you. Happy to chat w/ anyone as well re: engineer-to-sales transition. I started Flockjay for this exact reason.
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by shath2018 8y ago
You're definitely not alone. A big part of what drew me to customer-facing roles in tech was that I found purpose and impact from human connection. Being able to master technical product, build relationships, solve problems, and find p
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by shath2018 8y ago
Kelly Schuur is our Head of Sales - she was the first Account Executive at Intercom and has spent a decade building and training sales teams. She's poured her heart into the interactive curriculum, along with support from industry expe
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by shath2018 8y ago
We're making the same point. Most people regardless of background don't have access to private school, let alone private school financial aid scholarships. Mentioning my upbringing was to emphasize how narrow my worldview was, inc
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by shath2018 8y ago
Would love to chat. Send us a note at hello@flockjay.com. First batch ready in March.
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by shath2018 8y ago
We’ve found qualities like curiosity, conscientiousness, coachability, prior success, and work ethic to be best predictors of success in sales, not age. We’d love to chat if you are passionate about tech and interested in making that transi
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by shath2018 8y ago
It's really hard for great dev skills to be learned in a matter of months. Sales on the other hand, is a different story. People already have many of the core skills, they just need the tools and training to level up, and create a scal
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by shath2018 8y ago
Thanks for the question, it’s an incredibly important one, playing out on the national stage most recently with lawsuits against Harvard. Diversity is notoriously hard to define, and few companies try due to the risk of such lawsuits. We ta
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by shath2018 8y ago
Yes, there is currently a $5k upfront option. Most of our graduates earn 2x their current income in their new tech sales roles (>$75k or more) in year 1. We charge a fraction of what comparable intense, live coding bootcamps charge. Ther
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by shath2018 8y ago
We'd love to help. Ton of ageism in tech, and we're looking to help fix this (we have many students from those backgrounds). We focus on ADR/SDRs now, with the goal being that with our training, they get promoted 6-9mo faster
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by shath2018 8y ago
"Make something people want" only works if people know you exist. I'll reach out to follow up.
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by shath2018 8y ago
Our classes are live, online, and interactive, from 5-8pm PST Mon-Thurs, with new ones starting every month. Most schools we've talked to (>250) don't offer courses with this training. We'll be expanding to more timings&#x
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by shath2018 8y ago
Cool thing about these roles is they're a killer combo of skills - best way to understand product-mkt fit is to talk to customers and truly listen to what they want (and what they need).
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by shath2018 8y ago
Ton of hard work ahead for us to do that doesnt end with YC - making sure we're building for and serving people from underserved, non-traditional, and disadvantaged backgrounds. Reaching them requires sharing our stories and listening
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by shath2018 8y ago
Right now, we're focused on working with students who are eligible for full-time work in the US (residents, citizens, and those with visas already). We're investing upfront in an extremely high-quality education for our students,
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by shath2018 8y ago
We are doing both (and have already hired from our own training). We plan to be one of the biggest hiring partners from our program. We're posting externally due to timing - we need more help now, and our first public batch of candidat
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by shath2018 8y ago
Yes, more popular than you might think, especially as a)SaaS products get more technical and b) roles like sales engineering grow. Some of the best performers in sales become thought leaders in the industry they work in. We get applicants w
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by shath2018 8y ago
The goal is to shift costs over time to the employer, while still aligning incentives with students, so they have skin in the game. Companies struggle to predictably hire top sales talent, and our graduates come in with a big leg up - not o
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Launch HN: Flockjay (YC W19) – $0-upfront tech sales academy for diverse talent
63 points by shath2018 8y ago|40 comments