Hey, I get it. You're about to graduate as a prestigious computer engineering student from a well-known university, and you have your pick of a dozen companies to begin a career that's been glamorized to revive the economy and make millionaires out of anything remotely close to a tablet or phone....
I've written about how I like Square's pairing interview process: it's hands-on, it allows for a more realistic environment for writing and running code, and it can be a learning experience for both the interviewer and the interviewee. The feedback from our candidates has generally been positive as well....
Over break, I set a goal for myself to get to Inbox Zero 360: Inbox Zero-ize all my active email – which are all Gmail – accounts. I was fortunate in that my previous three jobs, I was using Gmail for Business, and every time I started a new work email I retained the IBZ regimen and...
Sometimes all these years seem to be physically weighing me down. I turned 30 this year, and while that's hardly old by most standards[1], it feels like a significant amount of time particularly when I think about how long it has been since I was in school or had a wonderful summer...
"Growth hacking" is the hot new software job of 2012. Except that it isn't. Beyond the somewhat forced proclamations by a few bloggers, trying to optimize for growth via combinations of programming, SEO, A/B testing, and anything else that can drive users and traffic isn't some unique insight...
At the start of the year, I highlighted what I thought was the formula for getting and developing front-end engineers. To summarize, it's a combination of: identifying the right traits, cross-pollinating developers from disparate disciplines, and attracting talent by producing awesome work. I forgot to mention that the ideas were a work in...
