1. Hiring great tech talent
Joel Spolsky
CEO
Stack Exchange
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2. co-founder
fog creek software
“The company where the best
developers want to work”
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3. CEO
stack exchange
“21 million of the world’s 9
million developers visit monthly”
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4. I am the Chief Human
Recruiting Officer
hello!
please come work
for us its fun
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5. I tried to ask on Twitter why
programmers hate recruiters.
this crashed Twitter
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6. recruiters are different
than programmers
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7. recruiters
like people and don’t mind
calling them on the phone
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8. recruiters thrive on ambiguity
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9. recruiters are competitive and ambitious
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10. recruiters
are motivated by commissions
and bonuses
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11. programmers not super competitive
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12. programmers
choose to code because
computers respond predictably
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13. programmers get in the zone
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14. programmers probably hate the telephone
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15. if you are a recruiter
you would be a bad
programmer
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16. if you are a recruiter
programmers don’t like you
because you don’t realize that
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17. I tried to ask on Twitter why
programmers hate recruiters.
this crashed Twitter
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24. steak dinner
they may not think that going out
to a steak dinner with strangers is
fun
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25. what are
programmers looking
for?
Please figure out how to make
this happen at your workplace.
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26. what are programmers
looking for?
Or, give up and outsource the
programming.
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27. pleasant workspace quiet place to work
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28. pleasant workspace nice office
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29. pleasant workspace good equipment
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30. pleasant workspace independence
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31. engineering quality spec first
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32. engineering quality schedule
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33. engineering quality version control
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34. engineering quality one step build / deploy
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35. stuff that matters product company
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36. stuff that matters creative work
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37. stuff that matters identify with company goals
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38. stuff that matters identify with company products
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39. smart, learning
organization
code during interview
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40. smart, learning
organization
boss is a programmer
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41. smart, learning
organization
good managers
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42. smart, learning
organization
high quality team
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43. smart, learning
organization
growth and learning
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44. the joel test 12 quick sanity checks
1. Do you use source control?
2. Can you make a build in one step?
3. Do you make daily builds?
4. Do you have a bug database?
5. Do you fix bugs before writing new code?
6. Do you have an up-to-date schedule?
7. Do you have a spec?
8. Do programmers have quiet working conditions?
9. Do you use the best tools money can buy?
10. Do you have testers?
11. Do new candidates write code during their interview?
12. Do you do hallway usability testing?
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45. make work remarkable, and people will remark
google zurich office
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46. make work remarkable, and people will remark
google zurich office
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47. make work remarkable, and people will remark
google zurich office
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48. make work remarkable, and people will remark
google zurich office
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49. make work remarkable, and people will remark
google zurich office
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50. make work remarkable, and people will remark
google zurich office
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51. make work remarkable, and people will remark
google zurich office
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52. make work remarkable, and people will remark
google zurich office
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53. make work remarkable, and people will remark
google zurich office
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54. thank you.
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