Hiring Developer "Rock Stars", "Ninjas" & "Jedis"
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You can think of this as a crush course in hiring top tech talent. More precisely, in this presentation I discuss the main drivers that affect top developers' decision making process when it comes to looking for a new role (taken from Stack Overflow's 2012 developer survey).
Hiring Developer "Rock Stars", "Ninjas" & "Jedis"
- 1. Hiring Developer Rock Stars, Ninjas & Jedis OR What Programmers Really Want Image Source: http://bakwaasbybiswas.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/music-rock-concert-1920x1200.jpg Dimitar Stanimiroff - Sales Director, EMEA @Stanimiroff
- 2. The Dunning-Kruger Effect Image source: http://trailericious.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/thats-look-of-sharlto-copley-as-kruger.html
- 3. Image source: http://www.consumercredit.com/talkingcents/2012/12/12/common-money-mistakes-to-avoid/
- 8. MONEY Is Not Everything Image source: http://www.consumercredit.com/talkingcents/2012/12/12/common-money-mistakes-to-avoid/
- 12. #9 Location, Location, Location Image source:: http://toledonative-route66.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/day-9-williams-az-to-victorville-ca.html
- 13. #8 Creative Work Image source:: http://rossier.usc.edu/in_their_own_words/mat/
- 14. #7 Sense Of Belonging Image source::http://board.jokeroo.com/funny-pictures/146630-one-these-things-not-like-others-14.html
- 15. Image Source: http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/25/facebook-rooftop-qr-code/ Image source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/facebook/facebook-buys-the-hacker-company-sign-for-its-headquarters/11559 http://www.lucidpathconsulting.com/7-business-lessons-from-facebooks-culture-history/
- 16. #6 Great Tools & Hardware
- 17. #5 Excitement About Company Products Image source:: http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/thoughtworks
- 18. #4 Independence Image source:: http://moviecarpet.com/dean-devlin-talks-independence-day-2-2012-07-27.html/independence-day-movie-poster
- 19. #3 Good Management Image source:: http://www.bates.edu/athletics/2012/04/07/mens-rowing-has-one-first-and-one-second-place-finish-at-mit/
- 22. #1 Growth Image Source: http://precisionfootandankleomaha.com/images/Childs%20feet.jpg
- 23. Top 10 Things Programmers Want #10 Physical workspace #9 Location #8 Creative work #7 Identification with company goals #6 Great tools and hardware Image source:: http://www.mailbow.net/eng/news/email-do-and-donts #5 Excitement about company products #4 Independence #3 Good management #2 High calibre team #1 Growth
Editor's Notes
- #3: ¡°The?Dunning¨CKruger effect?is a?cognitive bias?in which unskilled individuals suffer from?illusory superiority, mistakenly rating their ability much higher than average.¡±
- #5: Over 25 million people use Stack Overflow every month ¨C that¡¯s the population of New Your, London and Tokyo combined
- #8: 2012 survey results ¨C In 2012, we conducted a survey of more than 2,000 programmers onStack Overflow to find out what matters most when they look for a job. These programmers lived all over the world, had up to 12 years of experience, and were evenly split among industries of all sizes.
- #9: 9/10 devs would accept an offer that pays 10% less to work at a company that fits their other criteria better
- #10: 75% of programmers say that physical workspace is important Sunlight-the perfect workstation Offer amenities
- #11: Sunlight-the perfect workstation Offer amenities
- #13: - more than half said that having a convenient commute was very important to them
- #14: 85% of programmers prefer a high ratio of creating new code to maintaining existing code. FORWARD
- #15: 85% of programmers prefer to work at a place where they can identify with the work, so create a sense of belonging.
- #16: The Hacker Way ¨C How Facebook do it
- #17: Buying programmers the tools they want will ultimately show you respect their work and value their contribution.8.6% non-negotiable 41.9% - Very important
- #18: -It¡¯s essential that your employees actually care about the work that they do, which means they need to like what your organization produces. If you can¡¯t get candidates excited about your product during the application process, your chance of successfully recruiting them will crumble. -Find your ¡°fan base¡± ¨C Borrow My Doggie
- #19: 96% said that independence is an important factor One of the best-known studies on workplace happiness found that that employees are happier when they have an ability to control things around them
- #20: - 98% of programmers said it was importantto have good management and no bureaucracy.
- #21: 98% of programmers in our survey said that they prefer to work on a smart, hardworking team. No big surprise here, but good luck attracting any smart people to your company if you don¡¯t have any smart people there already. Smart people attract smart people, so make sure you¡¯re using the right magnet in your recruiting efforts.
- #23: 38% od programmers will only work at a company that will give them the opportunity to learn and grow