Vinoj dives into his career path from Engineer to Manager, and provides us with valuable information regarding personal projects, hiring tactics, and the emerging reality of company-wide remote work.
Show Notes
Talking Points:
- Traits of a Senior Dev
- Hirable traits of a Junior Dev
- Value of curiosity
- Creating impactful projects
- Aspects of going remote
Quotable Quotes:
- “How can I start making others successful?” - VZ
- “It doesn’t matter what part of your career you’re in. That ability to problem solve with others is going to serve you well.” - VZ
- “I look at hiring as two facets:
- 1. What can you add to the culture of this company?
- 2. How can you help move the roadmap forward?
- “The problems that we are trying to solve don’t always have one answer.” - DG
- “For engineers, there is a similarity to artists, there’s a beauty in their work, and I actually embrace and love that fact.” - VZ
- “That touch of engagement, the ‘I care about this product’ is what we want to nurture [ as a manager ].” - VZ
- “We’ve hired people who have never been software developers before.” - VZ
- “Granted [ a junior dev ] may not be able to move the roadmap as much as a senior, but do we see a promise here? A promise that they could? In addition, is their stuff on their resume so far that shows that growth and shows that ability to move forward?” - VZ
- “We ended up hiring engineers that in this year have never even been to the office.” - VZ
- “The single greatest strength you can have in this remote world is good asynchronous communication.” - VZ
- “Start from the ‘why’ in the problem and then get to the ‘how’.” - VZ
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