Some thoughts on building a great team and stopping the chase for the ideal candidates.

1. Building a
DREAM TEAM
Mike Aparicio
User Interface Engineer, Groupon
maparicio@groupon.com
@peruvianidol

8. Full Stack Developer

9. MYTHICAL CREATURES

10. The stack
HTML
CSS JavaScript
Ruby on Rails
MySQL
Server ShitUX
Content Strategy
Typography
Photoshoppin’
(more of a spectrum)
@jasonsantamaria @lukew @brad_frost @wycats
@vpieters @karenmcgrane @chriscoyier @jeresig
DESIGNERS DEVELOPERS
@montywi
@linus__torvalds

11. “FULL STACK”
HTML
CSS JavaScript
Ruby on Rails
MySQL
FRONT END BACK END

13. BOX SCORE
GP GS FGM FGA FTM FTA 3PM 3PA DREBOREB AST STL BLK PF TO PTS

24. BUILDING A DREAM TEAM
HOW DO THEY WORK?

25. DRAFT YOUNG TALENT

26. HIRE SPECIALISTS

27. MENTOR YOUR TEAMMATES

28. HIRE A GOOD MANAGER

29. TAKE CARE OF YOUR PLAYERS

30. “Sweat equity is the most
valuable equity there is.
Know your business and
industry better than
anyone else in the world.
Love what you do or
don’t do it.”

31. THANK YOU!
Mike Aparicio
maparicio@groupon.com
@peruvianidol
http://idol.pe/geekfest-dreamteam